All this debate but...... The guy used non-standard R/T and his standard of english was insufficient to make himself understood... And this is a pilot from a European national carrier! The point about LCC's is a valid one. Those carriers who spend the absolute minimum on training must be content with the absolute minimum standard of product at the end of it. The conclusion is inescapable.
More worryingly this aircraft suffered a direct law reversion at 1500' when the gear went down and was subsequently mishandled to the extent that it descended to 2 dots below the glidepath in a low cloudbase of 350', before a G/A was finally executed at only 160'.
An Alitalia spokeswoman said the incident did not put passengers' safety at risk.
Who are they trying to kid!
There are a number of elements of this incident that reflect very badly on Alitalia indeed.
P.S. Does anyone understand why Airbus arranged the IR & ADR switches in the order 1/3/2 instead of 1/2/3? I have seen mis-switching several times in the simulator.