Originally Posted by
SLFMS
Thanks RVDT I assumed it was required for IFR certification, it should be….
That is the problem with the option, some guy in an office decides it hardly ever happens and the system costs a lot. “We can’t account for everything”
The pic you posted is telling not many options before the airfield which was close.
Not to second guess their decisions as we do not know how bad they knew the problem was.
problem/warning—-start turn back ——carry out ECL items…call tower….by that time the open areas Just where he starts the turn back ——a baseball diamond and 2 athletic/football fields would probably have been out of sight behind him.
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