Does everyone agree that at FL350 when they lost airspeed and autopilot they should not have pulled up to a 14 degree deck angle and stalled the airplane? If they hadn't done that and had done what any experienced pilot would do and hold attitude and power and get appropriate UAS check list we wouldn't be discussing this now.
If they did stall at 38,000 any competent pilot could recover from a stall and not crash unless for some strange reason he thought holding full or almost full back stick would help him recover. Please tell me no pilot here would do the same thing they did.