Having just survived a long sea voyage on a boat crewed by teenagers, I would say that not a man jack of'em would have screwed up that simple order. THe guy who should lose his license would have been that total yutz of a Mate. A lot of this will happen because they lightened up the SATs.
But everything, is the Captain's Fault. Has to be. Ask George Bush.
Hazelwood was probably drunk, but they screwed up the evidence at trial. He told the fourth mate to navigate while he and the other officers got some bunk time. The fourth mate didn’t know how to override the automatic navigation system which steered the ship into the rocks.
Hazelwood’s dereliction of duty was simply astounding.