The airline culture that breeds such a pilot is really to blame,not the pilot himself
With all the respect I can muster
B*llocks.
His handling has got nothing to do with it. Its all about judgment, and he lacked it on this occasion.
Many/most airlines promote autoflight particularly in bad weather, busy airspace etc.
Most of us manage to muddle through without endangering passengers crew and the aircraft.
If we did get caught out and screwed up, I dare to say most of us would not try and cover it up.
You can't in BA and many others anyway.
Its called SESMA
I've also heard that if it is who people think it is, it was totally in character.