Reference the 1st approach, allowing to get hot and high by whatever means at five miles, could the crew have decided to ‘chase the profile’ by converting to a visual approach?
Yep they should request/advise ATC That’s what they’re doing, but already behind the curve would that change of procedure mean an increased cockpit workload. I’m thinking in terms of cancelling alarms and warnings possibly already active from the position if the aircraft was being flown assuming an ILS. Would a gear up warning Gpws be cancelled in that scenario? If so and target fixated, working hard to achieve what they already know will be a challenge to complete a ‘hot’ landing, could a gear warning be overlooked or misheard in that scenario?, and the gear subsequently not selected.