interpretation of 121.615

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FAR 121.615 Interpretation
I need an interpretation of FAR 121.615:

Sec. 121.615 - Dispatch or flight release over water: Flag and supplemental operations.

(a) No person may dispatch or release an aircraft for a flight that involves extended overwater operation unless appropriate weather reports or forecasts or any combination thereof, indicate that the weather conditions will be at or above the authorized minimums at the estimated time of arrival at any airport to which dispatched or released or to any required alternate airport.

The point I need interpreted is the second “or” in the phrase – “at the estimated time of arrival at any airport to which dispatched or released or to any required alternate airport.”

Does this mean that you may dispatch to a field that is estimated to be below landing minimums so long as your alternate is forecast to be above minimums?

I only need an answer on this from a US Air Carrier Operations point of view – I’m interested in how JAROPS does it – but not right now. Also – please answer this only if you know the answer and can support it with either a legal FAA interpretation or you are operating as an Air Carrier and using this FAR to dispatch to a field below minimums – or your company does not dispatch to below minimum fields because you interpret the FAR to mean that you need both.

Also – don’t mention 3585 – this is FLAG rules we are talking about and we are talking about the body of the WX report – not conditional WX.

Again – please don’t tell me what you think – tell me what you know based on an operational policy of a good Air Carrier or a FAA legal interpretation of this FAR – and include the reference please.

Thanks for any information,

LL