From NTSB report: "The accident captain held an Airline Transport Pilot certificate with a Lear 60 type rating and had logged approximately 3,140 hours total flight time and approximately 35 hours in Lear 60 airplanes. The accident First Officer held an Airline Transport Pilot certificate with a Lear 60 type rating and had logged approximately 8,200 hours total flight time and approximately 300 hours in Lear 60 airplanes."

Perhaps this is a dumb question, and I certainly mean no disrespect to those who have passed. Why was the person with so much less experience the captain? According to this NTSB report, the FO had more than twice the total time and more than 8 times as many hours in type as the captain. Would someone with that much experience elect to NOT be captain? I know guys do that in the major airlines because they like their seniority and schedule, but would anyone do that at a 135 or fractional?