Originally Posted by
das Uber Soldat
1. The flight would have easily arrived before runway closure
2. The runway closure on wed morning is not tightly adhered to. On the day in question several jet flights operated within the closure period, despite muppets in here heroically highlighting jepp plates
3. The departure would have been delayed by about 4 hours. That's basically early for the 787.
4. Flight plan a/c type submission is not the same paperwork as Indonesian FIR overflight approval.
This conspiracy drivel being bandied about, that the pilots didn't know about or allow for the runway closure is one of the dumber failings of the pprune brains trust, and that's saying something.
This “muppet” simply provided the chart as factual info and made no judgement.
This “muppet”, like you, calculates that despite the delay the aircraft would have arrived WADD around 17:30z had it not turned around, i.e. before the notional closure.
I have been wondering about the flexibility of that closure though; mainly for a subsequent departure of the jet. Was some sort of concession not received, not communicated, and that affected the decision to proceed? I’d be surprised; I’d rather sit the jet there for a few unexpected hours than turn it around over BRM.
The whole shebang may well be an approved seats-per-week thing and the bigger aircraft meant that would be exceeded. Dunno what the go is these days.
I’m just rather curious and perplexed, because as a retired 20,000+ hours retired “muppet” of the Group I get asked all the time WTF is going on in Alan’s outfit, and frankly this turn back is pretty bewildering.