FH1100 Pilot, you are absolutely, 100 percent right. I don't mean to ding this gentleman at all, except to say that he was an obviously willing participant in this phony documentary. But I have to make a disclaimer as well. I happen to know the pilot who was in the back seat. He is also a great guy. And I don't think he threw anybody under the bus. He merely gave the NTSB an unvarnished account of his observations, including the (apparent) lack of pre-flight attention to the hydraulic system. Enough said about this. I wish both pilots well. Like you, I feel that 'there but for the grace of etc. etc.' and it could have easily been me or any of us. Lesson learned here.