Pitts, If the cap fits.....my comment was a general one, reading through the tone of some of the posts here, which as usual, as soon as reports are published, seems to be to cast a bunch of scorn upon the crew involved. If people are going to do so, and some always will, because they lurk often anonymously in the sidelines just waiting to do so, at least they should do so from a properly informed point of view, rather than from an incorrect understanding of the rules.
Curtis,
Yes, thanks, I fully expected someone to say that - the great majority of pilots know the regulation. My question was with regard to the basis for the figure of 1,000 ft being decided upon by the authority in the first place. I think Crab more or less covered that already, but yes, (a) obviously did apply.