I “know” nothing.
I can only ascertain probabilities—and I really like the odds that she was a DEI hire.
I agree, you know nothing.
You might be correct. BUT we’ll probably never know it for sure. The airline isn’t going to want to take the heat if they had any inkling that she wasn’t up to the job. The FAA report will probably get spun for similar reasons.
This incident aside, there are a lot of airlines running a senior non-flying pilot in the cockpit to make up for the fact that they’ve got too little experience in both seats.