Kennedy,
You get me real wrong on this. No way do I blame the pilots - they did an admirable job.
But I do blame those in authority who by their apathy allowed it to happen. The problem was well known - it had happened several times before. And in my opinion it shouldn't have happened again. But to avoid that it needs a recognition of the dangers and it needs those in a position to do something to do something. This thing stinks of apathy - probably because there is no easy fix - probably no fix full stop.
but that doesn't mean sit back and wring your hands, which is the current option. There's a real safety problem - fix it.
The incident report has been written and has appeared on pprune. The AAIB report - either green or yellow - is many months away. Action not words.