short-fuel,
Don't know which type you fly, but I would suggest 5 DME /1700' high on 3 degree glide / clean (well flaps up with gear & speedbrake extended) / ROD 4400fpm/ is probably "game over" on most jet transports.
Fokker 100 was the best I have experienced for that situation, but still (!) . . . B737/DC9 no way, & I doubt that the Wunder- Bus can achieve that.
I didn't suggest that they should have thrown it away passing FL200, but . . surely 5 miles is a reasonable place to decide if "this is going to work" or not. Can you imagine anything other than a C130 on a tactical approach pulling that off ?
Last edited by captplaystation; 16th Jun 2013 at 23:31.