Well, you've read a couple of accounts, there are many more. How the hell were they to know? I didn't when I started, I came from a family of zero pilots, I was the first. I was lucky, I went to a school that had a great rep. There were also very few turds in the industry like this turd.
It will be interesting to see if the full story comes out. There are agencies involved that will be very embarrassed, will they try and hide this? If they do it may get a little sticky, because there are enough people who know the full story that will probably spill the beans.
Narcissist
Psychopath
Arrogant
You all go down in the end.