Sqwak7700, I agree with you in principal and I'm not trying to knock down the F/O here but in my books he was still a low time pilot on type regardless of past experience.
I don't know about you or others but when new to a type rating it takes me more than 78 hours to get comfortable in a new aircraft.
All I'm saying is it could have played a role in this aggravated situation.
Under extreme stress like in this one sometimes "seat of the pants" flying is going to save you but most would require lots of hours on type (certainly more than 78 hours) to get the "feel" of the airplane.