Originally Posted by
meleagertoo
Well, perhaps senility has struck earlier than expected, and no, I don't recall "committing".
Neither do I recall that in a situation in which adverse weather prevents a landing you are permitted to hang around below diversion fuel in the hope that the weather will clear before you run out of fuel as seems to have happened here. What the fcuk would you do if it didn't clear? Land willy-nilly into the face of a massive Cb, windshear, lighning etc on a contaminated runway? Seriously?
What's the number of runways got to do with it? If there's a Cb dumping its contents over the field it makes no diffference if there are ten runways, they're no more use to you than one.
In my experience (and universal industry practice) if weather precludes a landing/approach as you reach min diversion fuel then you MUST divert. End of.
If I'm mistaken then please be kind enough to explain how and why I'm wrong.
Were you there? There would have been a it of a back log of traffic for ATC to deal with and maybe they actually did have an EAT because of it.
Do you genuinely believe that any professional crew would just hang around in the hope the weather will clear?
