Ah yes Airbubba but when you press the reserve brakes and steering switch it is supposed to set up a separate small isolated hydraulic system. It re-activates the #1 centre pump to power it regardless of what the pump indications were before. Yes of course the pump press light would have been on after the initial loss of the centre system but it should have been available to the reserve brakes and steering unless that system was also compromised. That is really the point I was trying to establish. Perhaps the reserve steering was working on landing but failed later after they had vacated. There has to be some reason why they left the hard surface so far from the runway.
I want to point out that I am not criticizing or judging here. As I said earlier I think the crew did a brilliant job. I just want to learn. I have been flying the 76 for 22 years now and flew my first jet 37 years ago. I am still learning and I still want to learn more. Isn't that the way it should be?