OSKAR YANKEE
Thanks for the article. The action of the pilot in this are in between what you said in post 91 and mine 46 and 51.You wanted to just observe till things sort themselves out and AB procedure said keeping AP and ATHR on just reduce speed and speed brakes as required. He did this but it was his judgment at that point that it wasn't working and he disconnected all automation and that complicated it further. I cannot question his judgment but I think having followed the recommended procedure he could have waited to see the results before disconnecting the AP because it appears that the speed trend and not actual speed triggered further actions. But if selecting lower speed and speed brakes were not enough then doing absolutely nothing and leaving things as they are may have been worse.