I was telling someone today that airlines in the US are very good about familiarizing pilots with new airports before letting them fly there alone or in command of a bigger aircraft.
From what I understand flying into San Francisco airport isnt exactly the easiest airport to fly into..you feel like your literally landing on water..you have to know what your doing..from the video of the crash it looks like the pilot for whatever reason believed the ground was lower than what it actually was thats why he tried to abort the landing 1.5 seconds before the crash, he realized he was too low