To Cold up here
Just a quick question.
In the cruise at FL340 the other day I heard an unusual amount of traffic asking for the SAT and different levels. We were asked and from memory it was something like -60 c or -65 c, ISA-12. Which prompted a lot of traffic to descend. Myself, the captain and a positioning capt were wondering what was the major problem with the cold temp that were forcing people to find "warmer" air. All we could think of was the fuel temp.
Were we sitting fat dumb and happy and missing some major issue?
Thanks a lot
S5FP