BOAC - I've been following the "TAM thread" since the start (all 1400+ posts on it!) but haven't chipped in there as I was banned some time ago, with a note "When you get back, stay out of R&N" I assumed that this was because I'm not a "current Professional Pilot", although I have seen many posts on"TAM" from self-admitted PAX! Soured me a bit on PPRuNe, having been registered since before the Big Crash, and I'm in the very distinct minority there (R&N) as one who has made some financial contribution!
Anyway - digression - (Quote)the option of deploying full spoilers manually was not there?(/Quote) - Yes, as I understand it, if you don't have both Thrust Levers at or near idle, or in reverse, the aircraft locks you out of spoilers. Assuming the pilot(s)made a mistake there, it is (to my mind) an example of the aircraft taking over control.
Even if (again, an assumption at this stage) one of the TAM engines was trying to open to climb power, I would have thought that the availability of "manual spoiler deployment" would have given the guys braking (both spoiler and wheels) and a hell of a lot more time to work out what was wrong and to do something about it. (certainly more than 19 seconds!)
Thanks for the link -I'll be over there later today, after I check out the latest on "TAM" (if you don't check daily, there's too much to "read-in"!)
Stu