Originally Posted by
Checkboard
If you are at F speed and make a 90º turn onto final then a very small overbank will have you into the "SPEED SPEED" regime. The aircraft isn't smart enough to look ahead at the flight path and see that you will be manoeuvring - that's what pilots are for. Blind reliance on the managed speed "keeping you safe" gets pilots into trouble. I would imagine that the poster who has seen this "three times in seven years" was also relying totally on managed speed.
I also said "you'd be foolish to be anywhere near VLS unless you're flying in a straight line even on a nice day", suggesting that being anywhere near final app speed was a bad move unless you're actually about to land...