Originally Posted by
Check Airman
-At 15nm to go, they were at 10,000ft at 250 kts. At that stage, a competent crew would see that they had excess energy. The last (only?) logical action of this whole sequence was the disengagement of the AP.
I don't understand your point. At 15nm in that energy state, the only logical thing to do in a passenger jet is to get more track miles. Otherwise the workload will go through the roof and continue to do so as the ground gets closer. As happened. With the result (toxicology reports aside) that the crew become incompetent and put the safety of the aircraft at risk. Taking the AP out would increase the workload further.