I don’t think that’s the case here. The captain has over two decades at sea, much of it in heavy weather. He has an excellent reputation and is not a stupid man.
At any rate, the Coast Guard has found the debris field, over a hundred miles around so the hopes for these mariners is coming to a sad end.
” C-130 just lands, reports 225 SqMi debris field”
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article37739610.html