I agree given the details in the article that this pilot probably should have waited for better conditions. I disagree that “need” played any part in his decisions — or yours. As a professional pilot, I’d hope your “need” to complete a revenue flight would never overrule your assessment of the risk of doing so. Unless you’re launching to defend your country in battle or fleeing an earthquake about to swallow the runway no one needs to launch into conditions they deem to be unsafe. It appears (because we don’t actually know for sure) to have been the pilot’s judgement about his flying skills that was the problem, not his need to go to the beach.