I suspect one issue here is that continuation on 3 has perhaps happened more frequently than people realise. it maybe only became something worthy of note/discussion when the BA event went high profile for reasons various, and now some regard any continuation as being an example of poor judgement or worse….sure as night follows day we rapidly get to the “ah but Corbyn BA” comments.
On the one occasion I was involved in flight continuation we were over a part of the world where there were alternates but going to the nearest would have been interesting politically…On examination it was obvious we had plenty of options further ahead, right through to destination and no terrain issues……as a result we got to destination about three hours after the event without the passengers ever knowing number X had been shutdown, with plenty of fuel, and so didn’t make the papers…
Last edited by wiggy; 19th Nov 2021 at 08:55.