Where did the CA work before?
He paid for a 121 job, for which he would not have been qualified under this new rule, not sure about the FO though.
A large contributor to the lack of experience/decision making and overall capabilities in the current generation of pilots is they are rarely given opportunities by which to "cut their teeth". Instead going from a 172 straight into a jet or large turboprop and being unable/unwilling to fly near or (if necessary) past the limit. Then, when someday, the limit is quickly passed they have no idea of how to deal with it and end up a smoking hole in the ground.