Originally Posted by
WB1900
so far I heard until now no other authority had either got a request or has approved such an operation - only GCAA
and still just a fraction of flights are done and the ASR keep flying like no tomorrow- absolute ridiculous place - until the unfortunate will hit them
FTL is only a rule until it doesn’t suit!! The unmentionable got a deviation on 3 man ops years back when Libya went to s&$t and they had to get the gold out without laying over. Same goes for FDP “discretion”. Anywhere else in the developed world, Captains discretion is a seldom used choice made by the skipper.....in the ME it’s more assumed as a company tool to get you out of the proverbial commercial s&$t