What's most astonishing to me is how desperate and unprepared the crew seemed in the last few r/ts. From the start they knew they'd arrive w minutes to spare at best. You'd think they'd know the airport info by heart , esp that the VOR was 9 mi short of threshold....the heading they'd need from there....be prepared to glide if necessary...and on and on.
Yet they seemed completely not ready to deal with a circumstance that they were very well aware could occur.
Incredible.
In todays airline environment we call that identifying threats and making a plan to mitigate them or "TEAM" for another acronym. Of course this applies to the planning/dispatch stage as well and continues to the completion of the flight.
I'm curious were the Captain got his type rating and what kind of training and experience he had in the RJ85?