At no stage did they get a chance to review their decision which given the fact that the major symptoms had disappeared seemed correct.
As it turns out, they did actually try to.
From
http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publ...Y/gobmerep.htm
Flight deck workload remained high as the first officer obtained details of the actual weather at East Midlands and attempted without success to programme the flight management system to display the landing pattern at East Midlands. This last activity engaged the first officer's attention for 2 minutes. At 2012.28 hrs the commander attempted to review their situation, saying 'NOW WHAT INDICATIONS DID WE ACTUALLY GET (IT) JUST RAPID VIBRATIONS IN THE AEROPLANE - SMOKE ...'. His discussion with the first officer was then interrupted by ATC messages passing a new radar heading, further descent clearance to FL40 and instructions for the aircraft to change radio frequency to East Midlands (Castledon) approach control.
It really just was not their day.