A tribute to basic flying skills indeed and another weight to chuck into the on-going debate about the on-going erosion of those skills.
For my benefit (assuming I have this right), can anyone give me an idea of the time scale for all this? I. E. typical V1/Vr in Jo, how long retraction would take on the faulty signal and how long again to re-extend on the a/g switching? Do the L/Es have to complete retraction before they will re-extend or can they be instantly 'reversed'?