Well bean curd, perhaps you should rewrite the flying manuals about how to fly. To keep your job........ instead of commanding an aircraft. I'm sure, there will always be some who fly around with one hand covering their arse, and the other on the yoke.
Yes, sometimes the end does justify the means, as in this case, I agree the eventual outcome did.
However, strong, articulate reasoning, at most times, will come through as opposed to fearful capitulation of ones authority when facing a bully.
Commanding an aircraft requires a huge amount of self belief and confidence. And it doesn't matter with which company.
I wonder how this capt would come through in a thunderstorm one night, at a mountainous airfield, with one engine out, a non-precision approach, and a F/O named Pedro. Perhaps Cho would be there to tell him to return to the gate.