Many people writing many things about what they would have done with , and why this electron did this or that. I confess to not reading the last 80 pages in toto, but as this was an -800 there is a speed tape. If they were extending flaps they must have been looking at it to know when to select each flap setting. Why did they stop looking at it. In the latter stages of the approach, at final flap setting, the speed must have decayed into a very large 'amber band'. This is a great visual clue that something is not correct. It then starts to flash and there is an FMC message, long before S.S speed. Where were 3 pairs of eyes looking? So many clues missed. Why the A/T retarded, etc. etc. is not the primary concern of the PF. Why the speed is in the amber band is not a primary concern. IT IS, so do something about it and ask why later.
Am I missing soemthing?