I was a trifle cavalier when I first posted on the Newark thread. I mentioned a design trait I admire, and a short "good job". Frankly, and I think unfairly, here we get a bit too deep into criticism, too early and too nasty. UA did a nice job of perfecting a good outcome from (ostensibly) a purely mechanical defect. Here, in Jamaica, crew criticism has degenerated into an all too typical rehash of old resentments and way overboard condemnation of an entire country's performance, with one of us suggesting a Legacy needs shutting down.
So far, it looks like an a/c is broken because in general terms the pilot flying let things get even a little bit ahead of his approach. All are ok, and the a/c can be replaced. For once, and I mean no undeserved defence of this crew, the pilots didn't stall, or space a basic, or, or, or, etc. Tough R/W, Wx the sh1t, long hours into the last flight, etc. But for the Grace of God.
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