CONF iture:
the experiment related in the posted comment is biased for two reasons:
- Attempting to stretch the glide won’t be obtained by bringing the speed towards stall speed, but by keeping the speed.
- Both engines were not failed but still producing some minimal thrust above flight idle.
well, do you really believe that the person who has flown the sim just pulled the stick to stall the plane? or maybe he was trying his best to fly as far as possible by trading the speed for distance?
i do not know if the engines were running idle (as you say) or just failed (as it is written) but IF they were producing ANY thrust this was adding energy to the system and this SHOULD enable flying further - yet the outcome and landing point was similar.
By the way, do you have any idea how many pilots have tried to replicate this landing? Have you heard about any of them getting better results?
... no judgement here on the BA38 crew actions, but I disagree with the main idea you push forward in the thread.
this IS judgement...