I wouldn't want to see those involved pilloried for what was effectively a lapse of judgement, we can all fall pray to that - but that is what it was. If nothing else, the advent of Youtube makes anything like this likely to hit the public domain very quickly, with all that entails.
I don't doubt the kid was monitored very carefully & at no time was anyone in any specific danger. But that's not the point: the people paying for those aircraft to be in the air expect more than that.