This report says to me that a few less than optimum decisions were made, however AW went down fighting.
In my mind, that makes him heroic.
I didn't know him at all. But it seems to me that he made a reasonable fist of it. He didn't make the dumb mistakes that the posts at the time speculated. He could have done better, but we're still debating how the Captain of the Titanic could have done better too.
The aeroplane should have brought him home on one engine. Its why we fly twins. I'd like to understand why not and the ATSB has failed us in this regard. Was there an issue with the other engine? Did he follow ATC instruction to descend too literally? There are many unanswered questions.
This has been a good thread with proper debate. Its brought out a range of issues that the ATSB did not. Its improved my understanding and provided food for thought. I think this is pprune at its best.
Merry Christmas. Lets toast missing friends and pray we don't get tested in the way PGW's pilot did.