I agree viccoastdog the pilot is ultimatly responsible I have left employers who tried to veto my rights as a pilot. Never the less my point is some operators still do everything they can to force pilots to exceed limits and there will always be those who secumb to this unhealthy enviornment.

I am with u Cat drvr, i too deplore that mind set, never the less there r those who still operate that way. Insofar as weather info in that area yes there r many resources in that neighborhood although there is no published wx for Nanaimo harbour or Van harbour (only atis). there is wx from lighthou...

Congrats 2 the pilot who got the machine down ok with no injuries, even if he or she screwed up approaching through fog. I am sorry 2 say that I am not suprised, having worked there not long ago. The old coastal motto is still is alive and well at WCA u know the one "We,ll get u there if it kills us...