someone said that there were only a couple of options available tothe pilot other than a visual, ie loc or rnav.
other options:
request ILS 28R
I think we have established that 28 right was ok.
Diversions could have been requested too...Oakland INTL , virtually abeam SFO, San Jose, maybe 45 miles away, the former Naval air station, MOFFET Field (now a federal airfield) even closer...all could handle a 777.
So many options.
Imagine a Dark and Stormy night over the pacific, engine quits and MIDWAY ISLAND is the only place open and in range, and further imagine the ILS is OTS.
IF the pilots could retard the thrust levers when the plane started to climb to the Missed apch alt, how could they not know how to advance the thrust levers when the speed got too slow?
And clutched throttles can be pushed forward even if the autothrottle sw is not used.
strength enough to hold 80 lbs of pressure on yoke, but tooo weak to push throttles forward?