"I'll bet todays disaster will make a few people think again about approachs in bad conditions - for a while anyway"
Are you a professional avaitor?
That has to be the dumbest statement.
All pilots think hard about any approach. In bad weather they look at their limits, the aircraft's limits, the runway limits, the current & forecast weather and their fuel options and make a judgement. We plan to operate within the parameters and carry the legal and utlimate responsibility for our judgements but are trained to make those judgements.
Think again? In what way?