T4
If you in a NS Company you will see a statement from Bond in your Company on Monday.
The statement we states: that they considered an ARA, but the Commander deferred the decision till later. The WX they got from the rig led them to descent to get VMC en-route.
The text goes on to say, that at one stage they were VMC at 300 feet, but encountered some low cloud and climbed back up to 500 feet.
As they appraoched the rig downwind, they wer both visula with it, as they truned into wind they were "surprised" how close it was and the next thing they knew they had hit the sea.
MONITORING
I agree with all the posts about one pilot flying and one monitoring, but the wider issue is at the moment, when VMC at night, what exactly is the NHP monitoring against. There must be a template procedure for VMC at night which provides the monitoring pilot with clear intervention policies.