Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Things happen fast in the flare, and even the best captain/check airman might not be able to save the day, even though they are always held accountable. At SFO they didn't get low and slow in a split second, somebody should have seen that coming.
That's exactly what I'm wondering? What was happening at 1,000 and 500 AGL. Two points that are almost universally used for trip wires on an unstabilized approach in IMC and VFR respectively. Were the throttles at idle then? Were the A/T even on? What was the vertical mode?