nitpicker- as I said memories fade (and it was 737) but I'm pretty sure that with A/T 'connected' but 'armed' (SPD deselected), yes it would.
Out of interest, looking at the plots in #1418, the 4 and 6 of July well missed the 1000' 'stable' gate, and the only ones who seem to have hit it were at 1900 over the bridge and below 180.