If the US NAS military airspace had existed at Willy that night the pilot would have continued down the coast with lights and a horizon in front
Or, to take this train of logic a bit further, we could say that if only the RAAF had never existed at all, this accident would not have happened.
So, regardless of any decisions made by the PIC of MDX, the blame lies squarely at the feet of that homicidal maniac, Sir Richard Williams.