It appears QR have handled this tragedy well.... no time was wasted in flying the Captain home to his parents or in contacting his wife.
I just hope QR has life insurance in place on its crews...if only accident insurance... I fear a heart attack will not trigger a payment to his family.
This opens up again the debate of the wisdom of a married pilot having life insurance instead of only loss of licence insurance if he cannot afford or is not provided by his employer with both.
How a company treats it's staff and their family at time of high stress is a test GF often failed in the past... especially in the case of my friend the late Captain Gammage.