What I don't understand here - even someone whose only experience is in a Cessna 152 will understand enough about flight dynamics to not spike the nose gear. How is conceivably possible that the captain preferred spiking the nose to going around? How it is possible that those thoughts entered her brain? How could such a person ever become a commercial pilot? Wouldn't such poor understanding of flight dynamics in a large aircraft show up somewhere? I can understand screwing up through omission. But this is right up there with Air France 447 for the Worst Piloting Imaginable award...it's a miracle that the plane stayed on the runway and in one piece.