Rananim,
Excellent post, I am still following this thread because I'm waiting to see someone explain here why not allow the pilot to deploy ground spoilers manually, when he is applying more than 20º on the manual brakes and has at least one reverse engaged.
Someone said here that adding more stuff to the logic tree could lead to more operational err. But this is what I'm trying to say. The "logic tree" does not have too many "branches" already? Why not simplify it just a bit?
TyroPicard,
What a fantastic idea, why not discuss here the possibility of (by MEL) not using reverse at all when one is inop?
It was said here that reverse is not crucial anyway, it is used to reduce stress on the brakes. Short and slippery runway? Would be nice to have reverse? Don't land there, this will make the company fix that inop reverse very fast...
I imagine that most of the posters here really want to find ways to avoid this (and other) kind of accident from happening again.
One reverse inop? By MEL, no reverse at all.
And the TLs would come to idle, no room for confusion...