I guess it's a good thing there wasn't another plane landing or taking off on that runway as this wayward plane came barging in.
The same questions we’re all asking.
I think they were probably on a visual approach (see my post #62), and they probably were cleared to land (at the other airport), but the basic underlying answer is, a lack of professionalism.
Yep, this was a NG model, with a much more descriptive instrumentation display available for the pilot to know positioning/approach details than the old traditional round-dial nav-instruments.
...(assuming of course...you make use of it).
Situational Awareness, Cockpit Resource Management(CRM), Sterile Cockpit Rules...lot's of stuff they'll be looking at on this one.
Kind of strange though that(in addition to the flight crew)they'd also suspend the poor sap in the jump-seat, believe he was just a dispatcher or something(fuel planner/WX)...I mean...not like he was a check airman.
Human error is one thing, with that drop off at the end of the runway...this could have ended up very bad.