Senior Pilot
I take your point. However, my colleague is a very experienced aviator, as am I, and the conditions were exactly as described.
It's certainly not gratuitous scandal mongering, IMHO, but a concerned member of the rotary fraternity expressing concern regarding the interpretation of operating VMC. The only concession to the prevailing conditions was that the helicopter was estimated to be flying at around 40-50 knots at the time.
I'm not out for names and pack drills etc, but was interested to know if anybody else in the area had seen the same thing. Also, this post was placed in the hope that the pilot concerned recognises his/herself and makes a mental note of not pushing on when the conditions are below acceptable.
If there was a legitimate reason for the flight then I would be interested to know that also!