(PAX). From my position of layperson ignorance, I find it a bit odd that the 'pilot monitoring' gets to move controls. Is the 'pilot flying' meant to monitor the ' pilot monitoring' for these actions ? In this case, from what I can see, the initial pf didn't do much in the way of monitoring either after control was handed over to the previous pm.
Is the task of landing so onerous that the pf can't manipulate flaps and gear under the watchful gaze of the pm ? Genuinely puzzled .