Originally Posted by
N90-EWR
Taking off under those conditions was an extremely poor judgement call, and as so often I am reminded in these forums, the captain is the ultimate authority in deciding whether to go or not to go, so yes, the blame is on the crew on this one, and the "culture" over there has nothing to do with that.
A good investigation will want to understand why they made the decision that they did, not just that they made that decisions. Say responsibility rather than blame, tends to get more help from the crew.