NVGs should be the norm for night ops. Nice to see what you are about to hit! :-)
At some point I would revert to no NVG's Mode as I would certainly have my Eyes closed just prior to impact with whatever I was going to hit.
Of course...with NVG's you could see that you were going to hit the thing and perhaps avoid all the fun and games completely.
Now I do want to know how if we got it all together in 1975....what has happened since then that caused us to lose the bubble and have more CFIT Accidents than we had back in the Good Old Days?
Are Pilots less capable today?
If so....why?