I'm not disagreeing - but
I always thought the way you do – but:
121.615:
(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.
I’m being told that the “or to any required alternate airport” means that you can go if either the destination OR the alternate are above minimums. When I break this down to logic:
If A= Above minimums
B-= Destination
C= Alternate
Then you cannot Dispatch unless AB or AC exist.
What I need is a legal interpretation of this one clause. There may be a notwithstanding FAR that makes this a moot point – if so – please advise.
LL