Not everyone agrees. There is some argument over why they did not throttle back and ended up overspeeding, which meant they could not manually trim, and why the

Not everyone agrees. There is some argument over why they did not throttle back and ended up overspeeding, which meant they could not manually trim, and why they re-engaged automatic stabiliser trim when the memory items explicitly state not to do so. The throttles were at maximum during the entire episode. My understanding is somewhat limited but I’ve read that the stick shaker activation might have made them leave the throttles alone, and that they may have re-enabled automatic trim because the manual trim wheels were impossible to move at such high velocity. Re-enabling auto trim is what ultimately allowed MCAS to push the nose down for the last time, but it’s not clear to me as a layman whether they could have saved the plane given their situation prior to re-enabling it anyway.