ILS glideslope capture from above
Attempting ILS glideslope capture from above was an automatic instrument rating test fail item when I was an IRE in the mlitary. And it merited a bike-shed interview if anyone tried it on a routine IFR recovery with someone on their wing. It was considered dangerous for good and sensible safety reasons although reading this thread it seems to be fairly common practice in commercial flying.
This crew apparently executed a shortened approach requiring non standard capture of the G/S from above. Just how widespread is this malpractice?