He crashed because he wasn't competent the fundamentals. Wasn't comfortable with stalls. That is to be learned in the very beginning, and mastered while a CFI. The guy didn't know how to recover from stalls. Important skill as a pilot. Colgan overlooked a lot of the guys history because they needed people to work at the level they were willing to pay. He was willing and eventually, in their opinion, a future captain. Colgan couldn't be selective. Guessing he probably didn't practice too much stall recovery at Gulfstream. Both these pilots went to Colgan for the quick upgrade then to move on to make the big bucks, the FO said it herself on the tapes. That is the real problem: shortcuts. Everyone wants the quick way to the money that we have been told would be waiting for us "if we pay our dues." Most of us are flying the big jets right now (70-90 seaters). This could be it folks.