Especially since 90% of the time I play my healer I get in a group with 3 dps who are guildies and hovering around or just below 6k gs (I queue for FoS since it’s 5-10 mins tops and so does everybody else).
They’re the ones who usually kick low gs tanks. And it’s usually anyone under 5k.
Most players just want to speedrun through to get their 5 frost emblems and have zero patience for low-gear tanks.
That’s unfortunately the reality of it.
He’s going to have to gear up via pvp or he’s going to keep getting kicked.