Originally Posted by
stilton
If the autothrottles are not doing what they are supposed to do turn them off and manually put the thrust where you want it.
I mean, seriously, does a Pilot really need to be told that ?
The Amsterdam crew had their head's up their a**e
At least one did, but it may not be fair to say all of them did.
PF was advancing throttles and pushing stick forward (IIRC) within a second of stick shaker - then his captain told him to leave off, and crashed the plane.
PF might not have had enough height & luck to recover, but he was doing the right thing before he was told to stop.