RTO with 2 RT inop?
atakacs,
the ground spoilers deploy when all conditions are met. Anytime. So, yes, retarding the offending thrust lever belatedly would have deployed them, and thus also activated the automatic brake.
Remember that they are also used in case of a rejected take-off, where the thrust levers are pulled back in the middle of the runway.
Which leads me to a question for the Airbus pilots:
Ground spoilers will deploy (and therefore trigger the autobrake), even if not armed, if the main landing gear is on the ground and at least one reverser is selected (and the other TL at or near idle or in reverse).
What do you do for a rejected take-off with both thrust reversers inop? Do you have to remember to arm the ground spoilers? Or select reverse anyway? Or just use manual braking?
ELAC, I enjoyed your academic and also the speculative discussion of stopping distances very much. I found the results very interesting, (and the distances surprisingly short), even if they don't answer the crucial human-factor questions in this accident.