Jofm5,
My interpretation of what has been said so far is that the autopilot should have saved the day or at not least screwed up -
As I said previously, the choice here was pretty stark - see my previous Post
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/3...ml#post4766442
If the logic had traded the GS profile for speed, the hole in the ground would presumably have been that much further from the threshold.
As you said, the machine did the best it could with the information provided. A bit like the A320 in Brazil...
One of the more subtle problems operators of sophisticated electronic systems have to deal with is knowing when to trust your senses and when to trust your instruments.
Disambiguating between the two is difficult because of what we're generally taught about their relative reliabilities, but it might just save your life.
It is sometimes difficult for the modern generation (myself included) to remember you
are a Monitor not just another passenger...