Originally Posted by
DOUBLE BOGEY
..Looking at those images I am sorry to say it was an appalling trajectory doomed from the outset..
Agreed. The pilot occupying the left seat, even if it was an entry-level junior co-pilot, should never over-look such an appalling trajectory. There are never any operational reasons, wind, weather, performance, or whatever, that would excuse such reckless operation. But I do understand brain-fade happens from time-to-time, which is the whole point of having 2 pilots up front. No point of having 2 pilots up front if one does nothing when the other has an episode of brain-fade, particularly during such a critical stage of flight.