SteinarN : I basically do not disagree with what you say , but this thread is not only read by people having a sound understanding of the "unsaid" and " not shown " items. They are used by many , including journos , as a kind of an " expert source" .
The headlines of some newspapers in Columbia were harassing the Controller for not having helped...and pointing fingers at her.. with her full name attached. No need to revive this.
Yes Lemme is doing good posts, but those are only speculative . An example out of many : Lemme , like many others who have posted here, are taking it for a fact that the gear must have been down because the words " gear down" can be heard on the background of one transmission.
But there is no factual info that this was indeed the case. Could have been words on a check list , to which the Capt replied : No keep it up" for instance.
Only the investigation team and/or FDR will tell us if it was indeed down and when. Only then you can start talking about gliding ratio and " blaming" pilots for putting it down so so high...