I am very confused as to how because it was said FL 2-0-0 rather than FL 200 they understandably thought this meant 2000ft?! I know I had a socialist education and may be missing something, but to me FL200 looks remarkably like FL200.
Seems any excuses will be made once it's established the pilots are from a certain perfect nation. How different this thread would be if the pilots were from somewhere further towards where the sunrises. Of course one contributer assured us the pilot couldn't possibly be American
And I fully agree with whoever suggested some retraining is in order. Is that not the positive safety culture in action? Don't fire them but probably a good idea to make sure they don't play hide and seek in the hills below MSA again.