I think it is worth remembering that what we perceive, and what we sense, are two different things.
If you think that you percieve things exactly as they are seen ( sensed) , then you are wrong, and you are more susceptible to this kind of illusion than those who understand that the human brain has a particular area of weakness here. I say weakness but 99.99% of the time when your brain takes the visual information sensed and modifies it prior to presenting it to you, it works to your advantage. Your brain is quite capable of adding things that don't exist to a picture prior to presenting it to you.
These guys had a lot of successful flying experience, we should assume that a combination of factors came together which resulted in them both developing a mental picture that was different from reality and search for each of those factors. We should determine how we can reduce the likelihood of this combination of factors aligning again.
Notams are good if you read and understand them, ATIS information is good if you read and understand it. A shared mental model is good if it is correct. We will never 'fix' the trait that caused this incident, but we might guard against further mishaps if we educate about the importance of having more than one source of information, about the susceptibility of the brain to these illusions, and research how circadian lows and busy rosters affect our susceptibility to them.