Originally Posted by Dozy
He made a further wrong choice when he tried to deploy the speedbrakes. Bad move after bad move after bad move - but he'd never been told the right move.
Dozy, please tell me what was bad about deploying speedbrakes?
The mistake was not leaving them out long enough to realize that they had no effect on the aircraft. If PNF had not climbed all over him immediately for selecting the speedbrakes, they might have had a chance to realize that the aircraft had something other than "Some Crazy Speed."
PNF was so uneasy by then, the "emotional sparks" in the cockpit must have been a foot long. This interpersonal tension interfered with everyone in the cockpit's ability to reason.