I was under the impression that the crew never firewalled the throttles, even AFTER airborne.
The aircraft pitches up to 22 degrees, with both hands on the yoke pushing down with all their might, how many of us would take a hand off the yoke and push the throttles forward?
I believe the crew is wrongly criticized for pilot error "at this point" in the error chain. We are all human and without prior experience or knowledge, it would have happened to every single one of us.
Its human factors, in our brain we set T/O EPR, uncommanded pitch to 22degrees, stick shaker, we push down with all our might with both hands...
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