Originally Posted by
sleeper
No need to press toga immediately, just push the throttles forward and climb away. Toga can be pushed anytime in that sequence. Unless they were on an autoland, but I seriously doubt that.
Unless it was for WINDSHEAR, in which case the TOGA switches are pressed prior to advancing the TLs.
The L/G is kept down during the wind shear escape routine (also) because terrain impact is a possibility
This is a by product of the escape manoeuvres, not a reason for it to remain down. The gear is left down (no change to config) for one reason only - the performance of the aircraft. It is not left down in case of ground contact, rather it is left down to avoid ground contact (by not increasing drag as the doors open.)