Nick,
If" This is the real Me" then I am indeed sorry, for you have taken the moral political high ground, normally occupied by people who like to tell others how to live,
The Pilots you refer too as being hero's by landing on a rig at night, or flying Sar missions are in my mind extremely and seriously qualified and experienced pilots, Not Hero's, they choose to fly that sort of employment and are paid for doing so, but because these great flyers are normally all ex mil pilots, they do have the very top experience needed to carry out such tasks.
What makes this guy who has landed safely(Not crashed) different is that he is an individual, who obviously has a high level of skill, but as we know the wx has proved to be his undoing.
Tell us Nick,have you never been caught out by the wx ?