Originally Posted by
Flitefone
the numbers of delayed SOU scheduled flights that divert to BOH after 23:00 each year - 20 or so I believe - evidences the restriction to exceptional circumstances, permission is sometimes not granted.
Having had first hand experience of this scenario, on the contrary the normal reason for diversions has been that staff (often NATS) are not willing/able to stay on duty after their normal end of shift time.
Last edited by TCAS FAN; 12th Dec 2018 at 08:00.
Reason: spelling correction