Alice, thanks, very valid points.
There was a discussion in Poland, about how often this crew flew
together before.
Some claimed that just once, others that 10 times.
Taking into consideration flight time of the navigator on the Tu-154,
(also argued between 30 and 60h), just one flight to Thaiti
makes 15-20h, depending on holdings, diversions etc.
So it's hardly possible they made 10 flights together.
On the other hand there was no written manual for the crew of four
in the 36th. The only manuals they had, were the factory manuals
for the minimum crew of three. (See MAK report.)
Certainly a CRM case, the same as in Mirosławiec CASA accident.
Both pilots looking out of the window, nobody watching instruments.
In Miroslawiec the AP was off, nobody noticed the a/c banking
and they hit the ground wing first, here the AP kept the a/c level,
but also the sinking rate of 8m/s, far too fast...
The result was the same...