Originally posted by Confiture
Not in the high AoA demonstration world to which you made reference where Airbus test pilots routinely fly alpha max and use thrust to control altitude but not speed ...
You are wrong there. They know that to make a correct demonstration of alphamax it is necessary to have enough thrust not only to maintain altitude but also to maintain speed. If that is not so the EFCS will apply a nose down corrective pitch command that will prevent achievement of alphamax.
That is why I wrote:
invariably compensated for that by selecting a level of thrust commensurate with maintaining speed and altitude.