Ashling
I believe they had sensory overload and made an incorrect assessment.
I concur whole heartedly with your post.
Unfortunately many will bury their heads in the sand and say it can't happen to me.
What many of you will not have done is to be locked into a decompression chamber and be starved of oxygen as was compulsory in my training. We had to sign a legal waver and had a doctor and medic in the tube with us. The exercises that we performed were to demonstrate our mental degradation at altitude leading to unconsciousness.
Not posing but just some training is more comprehensive than others.
I recently did a very well briefed SIV paragliding emergency course nr Annecy.
During a relatively extreme maneuver (high G) I put it the wrong input although I had 2 way com and was fortunate that I didn't have to throw my reserve.
In my younger days I was known as a bit of a hot shot - I now accept that I am an old man and make lots of mistakes.
Fortunately my last company look after me extremely well and although I still have a valid atpl I haven't needed to work for more than a decade.
I am just happy that I don't have to fly 12 hour night flights through the ITCZ anymore.