Originally Posted by
Icarus2001
Again, how do you know they were "doing" 300 knots. Airspeed versus groundspeed...
Are you seriously unable to reason your way through this? OK, I'll lead you though it a step at a time. Yes, airspeed is not the same as groundspeed. Everyone understands that. However, they are not unrelated. At 5000 ft, and standard temps, a 300 knot groundspeed would equate to a still air IAS of 275 knots in round numbers. Even if we hypothesize a 30 knot tailwind, that's still an IAS of 245 knots. Stalling a 737 at 245 knots IAS, while not impossible, is unlikely.