Lad, the Ops Manual should have a sentence on the preface sheet saying something like ..'to be read with an bit of commonsense ..
I absolutely 100% agree. What ought to be understood is the spirit of the rules, and what I'm getting at is creeping back the command speed is not an underlying principle Boeing wish to promulgate, so don't do it on a Boeing for common sense doesn't suggest you do so. I wouldn't rigidly stick to the manuals at the expense of operational advantage let alone safety, but I think I've said enough times my point is Airbus speed control techniques on the Boeing aren't the way forward when the minimum crew is two and half of them probably aren't educated in the technique.