Hi chaps,
We had some pretty impressive storms on Sunday, and afterwards, I noticed this aircraft got so close, and then, I'm assuming, diverted back somewhere. When you depart Melbourne, would an alternate be pre-selected, or is this pretty dynamic, and changes while situations evolve? For Gold Coast, I assume Brisbane isn't a suitable alternate, as it's so close, and this sort of thing might happen (Both Gold Coast and Brisbane not suitable?). Would he be off back to Newcastle? Surely not all the way back to Melbourne. It looks like he held for 3 loops, and then edged a bit closer and did 2 more, at which point, they'd have to have made a call that their alternate was in range, but there was a window which they had to take, in the event that Gold Coast might not be available in time? Strange that other aircraft were continuing up though.
