Originally Posted by DozyWannabe
That's your opinion, but BA038 was never anywhere near alpha max after the FMS was taken offline and manual control established - in fact it should not have been anywhere near Alpha Max even under FMS control (although the FMS did order a relatively alarming pitch-up initially) because of the FMS's own limitations.
Why do you call Autopilot "FMS" ?
Alpha Max equivalence was way behind.
Wasn't stickshaker already activated when AP was disconnected ?