bp, as a participant in the Balpa discussion - a non operator outsider, the comparisons were not very balanced.
What the crew did, vs what was formally stated; equipment integrity, value of HUD, and actual RVR values vs what was disclosed (famed French ATC interaction - ‘c/s’ what is your minima - ‘c/s, RVR yyy’, roger actual RVR is yyy).
There was value in the Aero Postal use of the monitored approach in limiting conditions, but which would not be approved for modern commercial operations.
Most, but not all modern commercial operations have generous margins in visibility, time for decision, and lower workload from automation. From this a monitored approach is no longer particular helpful in low vis; but not all low vis or evolving technology assisted operations.
It will be interesting to observe the ongoing EASA review of low visibility operations, where some suggest reducing the margins because of historically safety (but not knowing why or what the margins are).
Beware consensus, lowest minima wins: ‘Aero Postal minima’.