quite surprised at this. The f/o in question used to be our AME at Alliance Air, and then went on to be an AME on 320s for Kingfisher & Indigo before joining the Indigo Cadet Program and became a pilot. I think he started flying 3-4 months ago.
Each of them has at least 7-8 years experience with the planes before they actually became pilots. A little strange that they got this hard knock.