OH - I agree with you; we all fly 'technically safely' when we do an LPC, but if there's a loose connection in the grey matter, there's nothing to stop us behaving like an utter moron later in the day. It seems he put himself in a position that dramatically reduced his options when the unexpected happened. That was unnecessary, avoidable and clearly showed a lack of good judgement. He (obviously) flew dangerously.
I don't agree that just because he didn't keep his paperwork up to date, it necessarily reflects a poor attitude to safe flying.