In addition to what appears to be crazy or non-existent flight planning, there comes the issue of what to do when it all goes quiet......and dark, as it surely will when the motion lotion has been consumed.
When I was trained on the RJ- (thanks Dai), we explored this in the sim. First time, even though I could see the field, I just had no idea how much height I needed or how far the thing would glide with the height we had. As a result one made a spectacular cock of the exercise arriving over the threshold way too high and fast to land.
But, having seen how the thing glided (MUCH better than I expected), and how fast to fly it, the re-run was quite straightforward.
I wonder if these guys had the benefit of such thorough training? It would be a jolly talented pilot who could pull off a deadsticker in the RJ without a little practice...