The condition known as whiteout, it's insidious nature and its rapid onset were virtually completely unknown in commercial aviation,
Why do you persist with such rubbish? They should never have been in a position that whiteout was going to be a problem.
Are we talking about an aero club pilot doing his first solo? No, we are talking about an ex RNZAF pilot, who had worked his way up to command of a DC10, had been given his standing orders for this flight, and the requirements for descent had been very clearly laid out. He took it upon himself to completely disregard company orders and CAA requirements with the end result that many people lost their lives in exactly the circumstances that these descent requirements were meant to avoid.