Two aspects stand out for me.
Although the first officer had almost 1000 total flight hours on the S-92A, many of those hours were spent in coupled flight during instrument flight rules (IFR) flights to and from the offshore facilities, and not hand flying the helicopter. As a result, the first officer did not feel confident about having the necessary instrument flying skills to safely recover from the unusual attitude that had developed
WTF?
A pilot that's not confident that he can fly the helicopter?
and despite the existence of
a just and learning approach that does not seek to apportion blame as its primary thrust
where
It is recognized that human error can occur
and
blame and subsequent punishment will not be delivered as the resolution to the problem
the Captain was sacked. Not demoted, not sent for re-training, sacked.