Maybe they need to hire qualified pilots and let the 250 hr wonders pay their dues and do something doing actually flying for a while before they get in the right seat.
The more senior f/o had over 6600 hours of which 2600 are on type. Junior f/o had more than 3000 hours!
A newbie 250 hour wonder probably would have had better CRM, more recent and genned up on the flight control systems.