Coupled to the fact that the 'handling pilot' under supervision was fresh off Airbus flying, and mightn't have been concerned that the throttles were stationary?
No excuse, in any aircraft, for not having hands on and if the speed is low overriding any auto system and giving it a handful of power and if the gadget fights you then turn the barsteward off ?
The 'supervising' pilot allegedly 'admits' seeing 3 red PAPI's at 500 ft. which isn't too serious, although somewhat lower than desired, at least one knows that one is still in 'the funnel', but to sit there and watch the 4th red light appear, at which time one loses all guidance as to how far outside the 'the funnel' one is, is well .............. ! But then we weren't there, so conjecture is useless.
An instructor once told me " when in doubt, lash out, everything forward for speed " and of course he was referring to power, pitch, mixture, carb.heat, flaps, cowl flaps etc. that we had to cope with, not just one lever !!
Last edited by ExSp33db1rd; 30th Oct 2013 at 20:44.