Hello Vilas,
"...So, leave the stick alone till you figure out what changes in pitch you want. Startle or otherwise they effected huge change in pitch."
Yes, cerrtainly. In reading the CVR, two things are very notable.
No Pilot commented on PITCH, ever. The one and only comment on Pitch was by Captasin DuBois, two seconds before Impact... The PM only spoke "...You go UP, so go DOWN..." PITCH unaddressed. Bonin only: "...but I have been pulling back..."
(DuBois) "...PITCH, TEN DEGREES..." the last words spoken, but should have been first....?
The second even more remarkable absence is this: None of the pilots mentioned the word STALL. Ever. There were two mentions of STALL, by the aircraft itself, seconds after the loss of Autopilot.
As the Captain returned to the cockpit, the aircraft had stalled, and the Pitch was around fifteen degrees NU. That makes it a steep climb up the aisle, no? Yet he says nothing about orientation or attitude?