Originally Posted by Owain Glyndwr
Yes because if you generate a situation where speed decays whilst in alphaprotect and trying to fly at alphamax you will not get to or remain at alphamax so your equalities break down.
Now you come up with the "if" situations ...
So "if" the speed decays below Valphamax it would mean you're over alpha max and that's the elevator job to correct back to alpha max and its corresponding Valphamax,
not the thrust job.
So when he applied up elevator at the end of the flight he was actually trying to slow down?
Unfortunately Asseline had not the power to apply up elevator, only to apply back stick.
Hopefully a cooperative FCS would have commanded the required up elevator necessary to increase alpha up to alpha max and decrease the speed to the corresponding Valphamax.