No. You’re not being lied to. He was on a suicide mission and pushed the aircraft as hard as he could.
I’m no pretty sure they don’t teach “ loop Dee loops” to commercial airline pilots.
My point is— it is way too complex without immense hands on training. Hundreds of hours of training. What happened here? How did this guy get to this unbelievable skill level? We are being lied to— I assure you.