Tim J wrote:

So what are you saying? The approach chart is/was wrong or the pilots made
an error?

The pilots made an error under lots of pressure and adverse weather conditions.
The list of fatal accident reports where stepdown fixes are busted in G/A during
IMC is a very long list indeed.

The protection offerred by dive-and-drive is substantially less than with a
constant angle or even a constant rate descent.

I guess this word hasn't gotten very far in the light aircraft world.