Why Either / Or?
Ryan:
Many decades ago, I read about this in aviation magazines before I took my first lesson, and wondered how there could be such a heated debate.
Most debaters seemed to approach this question as one or the other.
With a lot of time instructing in props and afterburning jets, I say it is always a combination of both. It depends on the moment in time that you need to make a correction...but if you correct one, you will have to adjust the other.
This concept always surpises my more-experienced USAF students who have several hundred or even several thousand hours in light aircraft. They think "Need to go faster....more throttle," but sometimes it is more throttle AND lower the nose, or vice-versa.