Recency shouldn't problem for a decent crew. A decent, non-current crew would have briefed at the beginning of the day that they were not recent and therefore should fly with an abundance of caution. Landing on a very wet runway with a thunderstorm overhead is clearly not the wisest option for a crew that is out of recency.
We're all going to be rusty and will need to re-build our skills gradually. Attacking a thunderstorm in an A320 is a foolish endeavor at the best of times, let alone if it's your first flight in 3 months. This is simply no excuse for failure or mistake. A decent pilot should realise their limits and stay on the right side of them.
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The CRM tools are there empower pilots to stop this kind of cock-up, failure to utilise those tools is simply the difference between a professional pilot, and an ameteur.
If lack of recency is the reason for this accident, then the captain should hang his head in shame and hand over his license.
I'll end with making it clear I have no idea what the crews recency actually was - that will come out in the wash - but if it was a serious factor; they might have considered excercising a little more caution!
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