Well said
Right on Basic and Harry. All our careers in the ME environment are "so far, so good". As you stated so well, one little moment of inattention or bad judgement and the spotless career is over.
To those judging the crew, one has to ask when was the last time they made a "perfect" flight accomplishing 100% SOP compliance, answering every ATC communication, performing perfect briefings and flawless CRM. If you are one to say that EVERY flight is spot on, then you are only a section of time away from YOUR first encounter with the fickle finger of fate. We can only hope that our failings do not engender injuries or worse.
We are professionals. We make mistakes. The only difference is the degree and consequences. The question is, what led to this intimate encounter between two excellent aircraft and how can we all ensure it does not happen again? This highly trained crew did not do this on purpose, so what are the reasons that brought an otherwise normal and routine departure to this unlikely conclusion. Possibly the AIRPORT should be removed from wide body operations?