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so now it is also clearly established that we must cede to the invincible arguments of those with insights superior to misguided souls such as the late Captain Gordon Vette.
Gordon Vette was trying to establish why they flew into a mountain that everybody knew was there, and why they did not see it.
It is not a question of insights. There were many rules and regulations governing these flights to the ice. This crew (Captain) broke all of them, CAA regs, company requirements for any descent below MSA, the mandatory descent requirements as to area approved for any descent, any descent at all below MSA when the reported weather conditions at McMurdo were below those required for the approved descent procedure, he was even told by the people at McMurdo that the weather was no good for sightseeing and it would be better to go to the dry valley.
He disregarded all of these, flew a perfectly serviceable aeroplane into a mountain that everybody knew was there, and according to some, including Mahon, was Blameless???