Bottom line on this accident folks: three pilots allowed the airspeed to fall 34 KIAS below the selected reference speed (110 vs 144 at 500 feet AGL). Don't blame the automatics folks, it is the pilots' responsibility to maintain a safe airspeed.
Could not agree more, I've had too much wine so apologies, but....someone should be monitoring what IThe aircraft is doing, if you don't like what you see do somthing about it. Jesus .....people this is basic airmanship, I am driven insane by the lack of it I see every day both on the Sim and on the line. The 737 is a doodle to fly, it's not complicated, so why make it. Stop playing with the f@@@ing FMC fly the bloody thing. 3 times table is not that hard is it? Today's sky gods are so full of themselves with all the latest shimmy kit, they don't have an inkling of airmanship.
right rant over.