A big no.
No matter how civil you were being in your original post, you still came off as elitist.
There will always be newbie 50's and soon 55's and after that 60's and beyond hopefully. Either way you cant expect everyone to be top geared. That's just the way things are.
You can either help him through it like you said you guys did, or you can simply boot him and get a more suitable replacement.