This fella was under enormous pressure at this stage of the flight. His judgement was impaired and as such he made the wrong decision. I don't think anyone is going to say that was not the case. The point is. He should not have had to be placed into that position.
If this was "enormous pressure" then he should not have been the pilot in command. The situation that night was no more stressful than what hundreds of thousands of pilots have faced every day and night.