Some have no operational limits, astounding! The various operational manuals I have to adhere to leave almost nothing to discretion.
I was not meaning to blame the captain, but I do question the operational framework in which he operates, if there are no operational limits there should be. If they are and he chose to depart within them they would appear to need reviewing.
I guess my point is that the weather that was expected to be severe was well forecast, I have to question why they were out there operationally. If it was aviation the first suspect is the pilot making poor weather decisions, yet I heard no debate about why they were out there in the first place.