.....not a lot 'odder' than any other explanation we have so far, Rouli. I do, however, feel that the preservation instinct would kick there and over-ride such 'structuring'.
Personally I don't think PNF had a clue what the a/c was doing. I also wonder about the interpretation of the CVR where he says " you are climbing, go down" - did he meant that but had not seen the altimeter going up to oblivion or did he actually mean "your nose is pointing up, put it down"? Until very late there seemed to be no recognition that despite the nose being in 'Climb' mode, the a/c was actually in 'Descent' mode. It appears, unbelievably, that these two, and make that three eventually, believed that a high nose attitude was all you needed to go up.