Originally Posted by
BlueMoon
Have done two aborts one low speed (less than 40kts) and one highspeed (over 100kts). Both times we got a CONFIG SPOILERS after the abort was initiated.
When you idle both thrust levers the spoilers come up if you are above I think 30kts (not really sure). The logic must sense the high thrust setting and the spoilers being up and give the warning.
Thrust levers physically at auto causes spoilers to deploy. Actual fan speed above 77.9% causes the config warning. The engines don't spool down as fast as you bring the levers back, therefore for a split second you get the config warning.
It looks like this crew tried really hard to kill themselves and were saved by the complete luck of having EMAS at the end. Any other airport and this would've been another Colgan 3407 aftermath.