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Old 2nd Apr 2018, 01:49
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Great article,

At the end of a departure brief many moons ago I was asked if I had any questions. Discussed with the captain on this rare day we needed a TO ALT what we would do if we had a fire on departure and couldn't put it out.

He wanted to fly to the best alternate a good 20 minutes away. I wanted to turn around, fly the ILS, below minima and land.

It was just below CAT1 at a CAT1 airport but I couldn't fathom a 20 minute dash when all the reading I had done, suggested as does this report, that 20 minutes is about the maximum you have to play with.

It posed an interesting CRM issue for me as a newish FO.

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