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Old 13th Mar 2009, 18:06
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MU3001A
 
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Pilots want under-speed protection during approach, right until flare. Then they want over-speed protection, hence the only "logical" thing to do is retard.
Well, it's debatable whether the under-speed/over-speed protection available is worth the risk of a single malfunctioning RA surreptitiously placing A/T in the RETARD mode at 2000' and/or commanding idle thrust after manually selecting max thrust during a stall recovery attempt.

Note: you don't get Min. Speed Reversion with a coupled approach on the G/S. Unclear if MSR returns once the pilot de-selects the autopilot, I expect it does.

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