Ditto for me too.
Whatever we say about "normalization of deviance", Collins on this flight took that deviance to a whole new level. There was no comparable descent in the history of Air NZ's Antarctic flights.
Which brings me onto my next point. *If* we accept that in this case there was institutional pressure on the pilots, creating over time a situation of normalization of deviance, surely all that does is puts said deviance into context, and help us understand why it occurred. It doesn't make said deviance right, or acceptable practice, or remove responsibility.