The aircraft was flown outside the flight envelope because of human limitations under the circumstances and the aircraft behaved as designed. So where is the problem? The speed was dropping all along and without thrust that increases ROD because higher AOA causes more drag. Were it not so the VLS will have no meaning. Trying to pick and choose to connect dots is a waste of time. Another day he may have deactivated the GPWS and would have got speed, speed warning which would have helped him maintain the speed, yet another day he may not have started the APU and reached stall warning at 100ft and pushing the stick forward would have been worse. You try it in SIM in alternate law at 150ft get your speed to stall warning, push the stick and land you will need to stand more than a drink to your buddies.
Last edited by vilas; 22nd May 2017 at 17:20.