The words "not qualified" need to quit being abused by the media and the lawyers. Fact is, he was qualified. He had his certs. and had passed the necessary check rides at that time. Was he given multiple opportunities? Yes, that wasn't his issue, it was just the training policy at Colgan and as far as I know most airlines. One failure doesn't=termination. Retest and pass. I believe the policy now is, failed upgrade/transition back to the seat you came from for X amount of time then retrain/retest (up to 2 times), 3rd time=termination.

To say he wasn't qualified is reckless. Clearly there were decencies but truth is even the best pilot has no idea how they would handle that situation in real time until that occurs outside of the sim.