What is worse, the PF would now have learned by experience that commanding nose-down pitch would "cause" a stall warning. He would have been reluctant to try it again.
That is probably true on a basic pshychological level...but shouldn't a pilot have a bit more of a grasp on the physics of flying? Why would lowering the nose in this case cause a stall warning? And even without the stall warning sub-60kts, the altimeter was still winding down in spectacular fashion with engines at full and the nose up for a good amount of time. I know about heat of the moment and all that but its amazing the amount of time that passed without the full stall becoming apparent to them.