Musical chairs involving replacing PF with PM to allow PIC the LHS, so we have the two most experienced guys sitting there, are probably not the best way to while away the time whilst rushing towards the Atlantic @10,000fpm, but I think the point made by SLFinAZ is basically correct (think he just had the seating positions of the respective FO's transposed) as I am sure most fare paying folk ( & anyone amongst us who is perhaps a little "old fashioned") would agree, simply the Commander should have assessed the situation, either before or after sitting down, come up with some reasoned analysis of the situation, & flown the damn thing (hopefully to a recovery, but I guess that is by no means a given ,as no one seems to have recognised/verbalised that they had stalled.)
If nothing else, it would be one less criticism we could level at them.