6 of one and half a dozen of the other.
but if the weather was that bad I’d be tempted to stop all departures or at least put a big MDI on.
i appreciate the ‘captain is ultimate authority’ and ‘tale wagging the dog’ type responses above but it’s not just about the one aircraft, it’s the sector, the airfield, even the whole network and there is a small but significant section of the pilot community that think they can take any weather avoidance without a significant knock on effect to their colleagues.
I’m not saying that’s what happened here but when say, one out of five aircraft avoid while the other four (in front and behind) fly straight through, it does make me sorry there isn’t more standard pilot training for weather avoidance.
It would make a huge difference to weather delays and flight safety.