Well thanks but I pretty much disagree with most of your points.
1,2,3 and 3
Once they intercepted the GS the airplsne would start to reduce speed as one would normally do. In line operations you use a decelerating rating type of approach. the pl's would go to the idle detent, the speed would start to reduce and the angle of attack would increase. The engine parameters would also indicate the engines being at idle.
read the boeing publication. It took about 70 seconds to decelerate to FAS, during this time the pl would have been at idle just as they would have been during a normal approach. It was the next 30 seconds where things went wrong. that's were the 40 kts speed reduction below FAS happened(still inexcusable) as the previous poster claimes, makes it more dramatic though,I agree.
I'm done with this thread. It is starting to get to the point were people feel the need to post just simple oneliners to prove how good they are. Great, I don't have a need to prove anything here though. Some interesting things where to be learned but not anymore.
good luck with the discussion.
p.s. reluctantly I'm going to agree with rainboe, a lot of people seem to have a reading disorder.
Last edited by flyburg; 9th April 2009 at 17:59.