An AP doesn't decide to bust an approach ban.
An AP doesn't decide to make three attempts.
Jetstreams, Shorts 360's and HS 748's have been flying round the UK for years without AP's in all manner of !!!!e wx without crashing when it gets a bit foggy.
Then again there has more than likely been thousands of command decisions of "fark this for a game of solders, tell the boy we are diverting"