but contradict my core training
- maybe that was incorrectly taught or you mis-understood it. The aim is always to unstall the wings (assuming they are 'stalled' and not just the stick shaker) and achieve the minimum possible loss of height. That means that at 35,000' ft you can afford to lower the nose a bit (NB not a vertical dive!) and accept a few 100's or 1000's of feet loss but at 100ft try to avoid losing more than 100ft.