Stator Vane,
Your post is all very 'touch feely' and politically correct. Unfortunately though your post fails to address the primary issue here.
Flying a modern airliner is a grown up job. The flight deck is no place for people who can't perform at least to the basic standard required.
Technical knowledge, adherence to SOP, situational awareness, the list goes on....are an essential set of skills in an airline pilot. Preliminary facts show that the crew lacked any of these. Whether one knew them or not is neither here nor there.
Yes it is speculation at this point but that's what this forum is all about.