Originally Posted by
Turkey Brain
As a pilot, who regularly flies past conflict areas I have to fight with “ management “ over what is considered a safe routing.
As a Captain I never waiver in my battle, but some do.
Why should I have to fight management to provide safe passage for my trusting passengers? Safety always has to be the top priority when flying a defenceless civilian aircraft near these areas.
At the moment missing Iran by 15 nm is what is considered acceptable by my employer.
As dodging missiles wasn’t part of my training, how much distance would be considered prudent. Obviously tension rise and fall.
But assuming, tensions are at a maximum, what would be a sensible min distance to the border of Iran or certain sensitive parts of Iran.
Open to any thoughts, but the more simple the better.
Does anyone with knowledge in this area have a good rule of thumb?
Thank you to all that posted details at personal risk. Let’s hope things change and we learn from this terrible event.
rgds
Good luck with that, they have S300s ( assuming they remember their training)
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/ar...why-it-matters