Originally Posted by
vilas
That's true. He was faced with unpracticed situation and tremendous time pressure. The Engines had not failed but damaged to produce any meaningful thrust. Therefore the aircraft was in Normal Law. Configuration was not important but he didn't maintain his speed. The low speed triggered Valpha prot and he wasn't able to flare sufficiently leading to heavy impact. Perhaps twistedengine wants say if on automation was possible it could've controlled speed better.
I have no reason to doubt that claim from multiple professional pilots. Still, Sully got the A320 safely down, no casualties, and everyone grateful. I am skeptical that the system itself could have controlled for all the variables and did a better job--not impossible; I don't work on systems in Airbuses, but knowing the technology limitations, I can still be skeptical.