LOL! If I ran the Hoffman operation, I would send Papaw home to his rocker on the porch and put Dave Turin in complete and absolute operational charge.
One of the challenges to such work is quickly assessing the strengths & weaknesses in the engineering personnel & management dynamics. There are times where the politics are more difficult to address than the complex technical failure issue itself. There are ways in dealing with tough situations where firmness is applied, but if there is a solution where you are able to build upon guiding/teaching/helping others, that is a path I always try to take.
*all* regardless of some of their character traits/skills
You know Turin had a total melt down and attacked another crew member right?