No Fly: I too read the whole CVR transcript before commenting, and I agree with your assessment.
I have bad days myself - everyone does - but at least we properly brief the approach. If one of us is having that bad day, the other pilot will step up their game a couple of notches to make sure everything gets done and stays the right way up. This crew made me very very nervous with their apparent lack of professionalism.
As for the Wx, it sounded to me that there were significant Cu build ups which the crew variously wanted to avoid or assumed that ATC could see on their radar.
The use of "slick" non standard radio and cockpit calls might make some pilots think they are good pilots, but it really doesn't - it only gives a false impression of it.
You have to be a good pilot to be a good pilot !
Last edited by Uplinker; 10th Nov 2014 at 11:52.