One thing that got me though (if I get caught up in the same situation) was that even if RIC was in fog, would any of you guys consider ILS at RIC, knowing there's gonna be low vis upon arrival; with clouds being below the DA??
I immedialtely thought about the ILS. Flown many an approach to minimums, well even CAT II and would take the fogged in approach. Follow the glideslope till you see something.... its an emergency after all. Get the thing on the ground. Richmond has more than enough runway.
An ILS is easy to do one inop provided you can maintain altitude to begin with.
Nobody really knows the situation in this instance and we'll have to wait for the findings of the investigation but i would have been real tempted by that piece of pavement below me if i flew over KSRI