It's ironic that around the same time the report was published yet another aircraft crashed after starting an approach when the airfield was below minimums.
Crash: Scat CRJ2 at Almaty on Jan 29th 2013, impacted ground near airport
There are a variety of reasons why crews break the rules or ignor simple airmanship...until the authorities get their act together the accidents will continue.
Like MANY airline pilots I have broken the rules...mostly as a copilot without any choice except get a job elsewhere...and I have only worked for flag carriers.
A sad industry that hasn't progressed in certain aspects over the last 40 odd years when my mate died in Britain's worst disaster...not properly trained...captains forced to take us along...cr@p maintanence ...and authorities not doing their jobs.