How many times do you think that pilot did that work while losing power 2x in the middle of maneuver?
As I mentioned at the start of this - tried to cut it short and inside instead of going wide and around and got hang chow. PROBABLY thought that was better and concerned about becoming a wide block in the channel like the Evergreen was. Made a choice - made the WRONG choice - it happens. The choice wasn't executed the way they thought - again, single screw is less than ideal for such a maneuver.
They likely thought that if he's going to become a problem, he wanted to be a problem on the side not in the middle. No one expected to take the entire bridge out - don't care what steve says.
