it would seem that the operating crew in question stuffed it up rather badly ...
It might seem like that to you. But the Flight Editorial provides a wiser perspective on the events. One needs to have a bit of imagination to see how one can quickly find oneself up to one's ears in unexpected troubles.
Perhaps persuading yourself that it could not happen to you just represents a failure of imagination, rather than an affirmation of the skills you demonstrated in successfully getting yourself in and out of Girona on several occasions?