Opining that "the (GoM) accident rate is very high and seems to be caused by poor decision making and operational procedures i.e not observing rules." is the purest speculation and irrelevant to this accident discussion,
Maybe it is a malign, odiferous, debilitating and smog-like influence drifting South from Washington that causes GOM pilots to keep flying into the Gulf and its installations. Cometh Mitt all will be OK.