I feel sorry for the non pilots, or non airline experienced pilots
who are reading this thread.
concepts like: how can the captain be wrong? (it happens)
how can the first officer manage a situation in which the captain is wrong?
how are cultural differences magnifying problems?
its tough. not all airline pilots are great. let that sink into your brain...
it seems that the first officer tried to get the captain to ''go around'' to avoid a problem. some of us have thought that the first officer was flying the plane and didn't do it right.
but the truth is we really don't know.
But what we can say for certain is:
table top airports have special problems (this one and that one in Brazil not too long ago).
Stable approaches usually give perfectly acceptable landings.
Going for a grease job (smooth landing) on a table top airfield should be discouraged.
There are right ways to fly and wrong ways. Sadly, the wrong ways are resurfacing due to cost.
good luck to all