AltFlaps was spot on here and seems to have been ignored. The very worst that could have happened was a landing with a vis 10% below minima. Don't forget a Capt can do whatever he sees fit to ensure the safety of the a/c. And if the vis had got worse below 1000' rather than above he'd have continued anyway (the 50m less would, in reality, make no difference to whether he got his vis ref). "Aaaaannnnnnddddd Ddddddddeeeeeecccciiddddeeee..."
Continuing below 1000' on a UK ILS with 500m vis on a runway is not exactly test-pilot stuff now is it - it would have been a very quick tea and biccies.
All of the above assumes the worst case (ie bu**er all fuel). By the sounds of it that wasn't even the case. A non event IMHO.
Last edited by 52049er; 17th Dec 2007 at 23:50.