Who had control?
"Fighting for control when near the ground is a recipe for disaster and that is the reason why the F/O should select gear up to force a go-around rather than risk a loss of control. It then becomes a matter of personal opinion between pilots which of the two choices is the lesser evil."
Maybe the fight for control was not near the ground, but ON the ground (during those 12 or so terrifying seconds)
For example, IF it was a long ****ty landing, and reversers selected..(standard procedure) SB up and slowing ..last 1000 feet in sight..and...even if possible overun.. bad situation.
If reverse was (even partially) deployed, and just ONE of the cockpit crew-members decided at that point that it was time for a go around with Flaps40......well say no more.... (as is very clearly written in the manufacturers manuals, that for a variety of reasons, this is absolute folly)...very bad situation.
What the hell do I know...just speculation...so far...like almost all the previous posts on this terrible tragedy.
All over the world, thousands of times, day in, day out (even last stormy night), we mix the ingredients, and mostly the recipe turns out alright.
NB