Very sobering but a lot of pompous posts to add fuel to the fire.
I have been in this biz for over 30 years and have seen worse with my own eyes. Nearly lost my job for becoming intolerant of one poor performance that nearly dragged the flaps off a 707.
I would bet London to a Brick that while most of the FR guys would have less hours than their equivalents in major carriers they would actually have much much more experience.
For my money this was 'stunned mullet ' bad judgement but not worthy of the wrap that I see on this thread.
Stress and accumulated fatigue can do strange things to the best of aviators.
If anything I would be pushing a more forceful F/O culture. Its the single pilot IFR environment that will ultimately kill people.