I'm sure we are all aware of the effects of configuration and bank angle on performance. He made a decision to deviate from sop. There has to be a reason for that. Perhaps i am being too charitable in thinking that it may not have been incompetence. Having hit a wall of geese, he may have concluded that the aircraft was going to be unflyable. I wasn't there.
Must, Never. So you have encountered every eventuality in your career have you?