Originally Posted by fdcg27
If this aircraft was at 3500' five NM out, then the PF had less than two minutes to get the plane down and slowed down enough to make the runway threshold.
It appears that they crossed the threshold at around 210 knots, so only around 90 knots faster than they should have been and also neglected to lower the gear, which would have helped them in their wild descent since it would have added considerable drag.
The two guys up front were both captains with PIA, so PF may have felt that he had to show PM who was in charge,
The four most dangerous words in aviation are "I can't? Watch this".
I lost friends in two accidents bcs. of this.
One as particularly indicative of this problem. Colonel coming back from Air War College, needed some hrs. in the plane. He was top notch pilot, flew everything possible, from MIG-21, 29, Eurofighter, F15, 16, F22, Mirage 2000 etc. Major in the back seat was with him. Audio clearly indicated that Major did not want to question openly some decisions, while Colonel was clearly thinking "i have got this." Slam in corn field, luckily missed by few hundred yards school.
It is big problem in some cultures, more in Eastern than Western. Asiana crash in San Francisco is good example of this too.