PJ2
For whatever reason, the salient fact here is, over a time period of 100 seconds the aircraft was permitted to lose more than 40 kts of airspeed in the very late stages of the approach phase.
Not wanting to pick on you, PJ2, but your post was most handy. Would it not be more better to say? "For whatever reason, the salient fact here is, over a time period of 100 seconds, the
autopilot caused the aircraft to lose more than 40kts of airspeed in the very late stages of the approach phase,
in the attempt to stay on glideslope, and neither the autothrottle nor the crew intervened.."
I have become sensitive to the framing of arguments, thanks to divisive US politics.
GB