I fly for the Airline that you seem to mention...is it bad luck for pilots to say 'Loganair' in the same way that actors have to call Macbeth 'the Scottish Play'?? As I was working this weekend I'd be happy to 'fess up if it was one of my sectors to which you are referring. You mention in your post that you're not out for a 'witch-hunt' (hang on, this was posted on Halloween...is this a wind-up?)....however, I would suggest that in the interests of safety we should pursue the matter as clearly, in your learned opinion, this crew carried out a dangerous approach. Have you filed an ASR? Did you speak to the Captain?
"why do tight approaches when a more sedate one would have done the job?"
How do you know what would or wouldn't have done the job? I think you should have the bollocks to respond properly to the questions raised in these replies, rather than claiming "that is not going to be resolved here and to be honest I don't care if it was or not". Suddenly you don't care, after getting all Nigel about the tight approach.