Rainboe,
Regardless of HOW it should have been done, my point was actually a more general point that many pilots have made before in this forum -that the pilots should concentrate on flying the plane, not flicking switches and letting the computer control their fates! While we should wait for the final results of the official investigation to get all the facts, all I am really trying to say is this: Does a pilot fly the plane or will he/she let the computer fly it? If there is a malfunction, the pilots should have reacted by flying either partial or fully manual. Surely, by this time, the runway was visible (in the low visibility) that they could have even attempted a manual landing, or at least a landing with auto-throttle disengaged.
I fly NOT the default "toys" in MSFS but the payware by PMDG, the 737NG series so the cockpit is quite well simulated. In any case, your tone suggests that you should stick with flying rather than communicating with people as you are much too arrogant to get anyones respect with that attitude.