TC mentioned about his son getting his licence but not having any experience of motorways , icy roads etc etc I was lucky , as my son has been , to have had a father who took me round race tracks etc so a skid was controllable and not the start of a crash . I know i will be shot down ...but flying in poor viz just has to be taught to be done safely . I genuinely believe it can be done safely if done in the correct way but of course it is not something that is taught . You can drive a car safely in fog if you slow right down . You can fly a helicopter safely in poor wx if you slow down , even down to 20 knots if you have to . Sling load is difficult and v dangerous performed by a pilot without the correct training ....i see no difference with this . There are many many pilots who spend most of the year flying vfr in crap wx , and manage to do it safely .
Before someone bites my head of i am saying you should NOT fly in very poor viz without the proper training ...