The pilots didn't miss the cues. The cues were obvious all the way down the flight path but were ignored.
I stand corrected. You are absolutely right!
Or even more importantly it can happen anytime the sharp end jet jockeys are not in PILOT mode.
+1!
Don't know who Woody is but knowing how to fly any airplane would have prevented this incident. Automation is to help you, not fly your aircraft, if you can not.
Bubbers making sense as usual.