Skipper is a solid operator I've flown with on 330.
He was on a fairly punishing reserve roster with approximately 50 hours of back-of-the-clock flying (unfactored of course) in ten days at the time of the incident
Moscow is a tricky destination.
Nobody gets up in the morning and thinks "yeah lets screw up big time today!"
Let's not hang, draw and quarter them based on incomplete info, we can leave that to our illustrious "management".
Flex