Originally Posted by
airtren
1. move stick ND ASAP and move THS manually to NEUTRAL or MAX ND ASAP
or
2. move stick ND ASAP and keep THS to MAX NU?
You're missing option 3:
3. Move stick ND and allow autotrim to move the THS back to neutral.
Possibly a little slower than option 1, but not by a great deal.
In fact option 2 is impossible. Pushing the stick ND will cause the THS to follow suit in Alternate Law.