The thing that beggars me is how you can hold till you run out of fuel. Why, when you are coming to the point of a safe diversion, don't you get to buggery and divert?
There is no simple answer. It was not very sensible to hold it
It seems to me that the Chair is very quick to jump to the conclusion that the Captain made a blatantly poor decision and that he doesn't have a solid understanding of the subject he is commenting on.
He needs to realise that all decisions are based on information and if that information is corrupted, or inaccurate, the quality of the decision is affected.