In the year 2010, it appears that some of the operating philosophy is to let the robot fly the plane, and let the two pilots address all the other issues, which includes flying when the robot can't. (OK, I shall catch a small ration for that ... fair enough). That would still leave the crew in this case with apparently not the right tools to address a fire, other than "land as soon as you can" as a response.
And that's just not good enough....I'm not saying that if there was a Fire Fighter on board that the UPS plane would not have crashed, but at least it gives the crew a fighting chance, and if anything buys them some much needed time......