Originally Posted by
filejw
I just read an article that said he may have been in the bunk..Wouldn't make any difference what kind of time he had from there.
To add to that, after a certain point, additional hours under the belt does not indicate the quality of the pilot. Like my instructor used to say, when you flew last is more important at that point. However, experience is clearly not an issue in this case. Both pilots were experienced pilots.
But, that does not preclude pilot error because even experienced pilots do make mistakes.