Excellent post, you are absolutley right, that is exactly what is happening in the Airbus cockpits. And a combination of an inexperienced Captain and new cadet FO and a Third World airport and horrific WX we can see the results.
I loved your war stories, you were lucky to get away just with stained underwear mate
And to you Sudan. In KRT they have the equipment and the money. But these idiots have the ILS on test since years.