Referring to Post No. 9 in which the writer states: It is a FD guided maneuver (activated by TOGA), I don't understand why you would try to control airspeed with pitch control when the FD should be guiding you.
My comment: Be wary of blindly following the FD indications during the windshear avoidance or GPWS escape maneuver. . Use for guidance by all means but be aware of the actual body angle while at the same time cross referencing the other flight instruments e.g altimeter. ASI, VSI and even a quick glance at the standby ADI which gives you raw data. Study of past accidents involving loss of control revealed the PF was blindly following the FD to the detriment of scanning the other flight instruments.