Yeah, probably. But in aeronautical decision making training, you learn that other stuff going on in the cockpit can cause “simple” things to get overlooked. They were looking for the field in low visibility which took the pilot’s attention off the aeronautical health of the aircraft. This is why the stall horn and things like GPWS callouts are a thing. His skill did come into play when he had an atavistic sense that something was wrong, confirmed it was so, and firewalled the throttles.