DozyWannabe
No - the PDF links contain the "at take off" and "phases after take-off" actions. It is the latter I have quoted. One does not maintain altitude by maintaining backpressure on the stick/yoke - if the aircraft is trimmed correctly then no direct input is required.
You assume, that one trims into stall, therefore no backpressure is needed when speed decays? Or you are talking about an aircraft, where autotrim is keeping the aircraft trimmed into the stall?
Actually i think the procedure "reduce pitch" refers better to situations, where the aircraft is not entering the stall due to decaying airspeed in straight and level flight, but due to loading the aircraft while maneuvering, like initiating a turn or a climb (we called that accelerated stall).
Reducing pitch (for avoiding stall) in straight and level flight would be better expressed by stick / SS push forward until stall warning stops and would cover the other situation as well.
Lyman has half of my point.