put out the speedbrakes
and hopefully the plane will more fully settle to earth, triggering the autobrakes
Sorry bomarc - it's the
signal to extend
Ground Spoilers that activates the Autobrake. To pull the speedbrake lever back you push it down first - this disarms the ground spoilers. With your memory drill - no Autobrake.
if one were to first hit the toe brakes, one would disconnect the autobrakes
True, and thus get
more brake pressure which is just what you want.
if, to land an airbus,one must always retard the throttles at a given radio altitude...what happens when you need to carry power to the runway...with a huge wind for example
Not a fixed RA - you close the thrust levers when you think you should, perhaps early or late depending on how the last bit of your approach worked out. The Retard call is a reminder which is only heard if the T/L are not at Idle. And with a huge headwind the A/THR will do the speed management for you - but that's way off topic.
TP