Originally Posted by
nose,cabin
‘unfortunately Australia regulatory authority and limp unions, ie AFAP, do not enforce international safety standards and gives Australia airlines an unfair economic advantage until the inevitable happens.
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But the ICAO Annex VI standard regarding destination alternate aerodromes is:
For a flight to be conducted in accordance with the instrument flight rules, at least one destination alternate aerodrome shall be selected and specified in the operational and ATS flight plans, unless:
a) the duration of the flight from the departure aerodrome, or from the point of in-flight re-planning, to the destination aerodrome is such that, taking into account all meteorological conditions and operational information relevant to the flight, at the estimated time of use, a reasonable certainty exists that: 1) the approach and landing may be made under visual meteorological conditions and 2) separate runways are usable at the estimated time of use of the destination aerodrome with at least on runway having an operations instrument approach procedure.