Going to guess you never worked at a regional. He didn't either. Regardless, when you are in the position he's in, you should have a pulse on the pilot group and he has failed miserably. Guy will get laughed out of any cockpit he enters when/if he comes back to the line. People haven't forgotten the words in Fred's Red Letter from ~30 years ago. This won't be any different. And it's even worse, since he's supposed to be one of us.