My intention isn't to apportion blame as such. My intention is to teach young aviators that 's#|t happens, when it's all up against you, go by your training. If it looks bad and it smells bad, it's probably rotten'.
There's not much point blaming the company, the regulator or even the government after you are dead. You're dead. At the end of the day, the pilot in command has (had) the ultimate responsibility for that flight and everyone on board. He wasn't in 1A, he was the Captain.
I don't do anything on 50% surety, I'm not a gambler. Collins and his crew gambled on that flight, and lost all in.
Arguments about other crews that won a jackpot are irrelevant, 50/50 odds are 50/50 odds regardless of the numbers of players.
Gamblers + ATPL = a bad mix imho.
It was that day, anyway.