No, not at all (although of course we don't know the circumstances yet). We don't know if the approach was being flown manually, coupled, partially coupled, and why the pilots may not have noticed the loss of speed and descent. Lets have the discussion once we know more.
But basically, I suspect that the primary missing skill was a failure to monitor. Are you suggesting that they saw the sea coming up but were too de-skilled to know they should pull up the collective and restore some speed?
Last edited by HeliComparator; 29th Aug 2013 at 22:45.