There seem to be a lot of circular arguments going on here, with no ability to come to a common ground.
I’m intrigued that there are so many assumptions being made to justify criticisms of the crew; not one of us here have the faintest idea what preceded or followed the short vision of the 365 emerging from the low cloud yet experts are fanging on without any let up, based on assumptions.
How do the detractors know there were any POB other than the crew? The rear door is open and a crewman is checking outside, but is there actually anyone else there; yet mention has been made of the crew carrying SAS pax into danger. There is no vision of what is happening after the vehicle passes, so how do we not know that it was a landing into a safe area to await the cloud lifting? There is no vision ahead of how far the low cloud extends, so how do we know how long the crew had been committed to a safe option to terminate the flight?
DB, your neck of the woods in Mil may have omitted flight in fog but some of us with wings on our sleeves spent years operating in <100 yards vis, below 200ft, day and night. Legally with full knowledge and approval of command and without any synthetic aids. Faffing on about current Civ Reg’s is a red herring, IMO.
At least we didn’t have to contend with those spawns of the devil; dashcams and smartphones/cameras!