Re: Topo Giglio
Used to be that Air Force pilots had a large turnover into the civilian airline industry. This isn't as true now as it once was (my brother, who flew C-5s, didn't become an airline pilot).
I don't know the facts here, but I wonder if there didn't used to be a career path from naval command to commercial liners? And maybe, as with the Air Force career path, this isn't so much the case now? Lack of experience?
A short biography can be found in this article.
This is just opinion, since I'm not familiar with the training, but to me there's just a whiff of "90-day-wonder" in there.