Hi 212man,
In fact you capture the phenomena in your penultimate sentence.
It is not absolute drop-down but relative drop-down that is the issue; what we found with a given wind speed - say 30 kts (which was the wind in the iteration cycle that we found the effect and modelled extensively) - a pitch attitude application of 20 degrees showed a drop down below the deck (it was about 50ft as I remember it); with a pitch angle of 10 degrees there was no drop down below the deck (although it did drop down to deck level from an RP of 25ft). There was no real effect on deck-edge clearance.
With a nil wind, a pitch attitude of 20 degrees was required to clear the deck; no secondary effect was modelled because deck-edge clearance (of 15ft) was the primary target.
You concentration at the meeting needs to be with the landing procedure (as previously briefed) - that is much more problematical.
Jim