last night 4am
Just got atis when working Muscat. Muscat did not tell us DXB was closed, only found out when ATIS said 350Mtr.
We dont have AFIS, so timing of the fog was a surprise.
Offered Al Ain and Fujerah, as alternates: but for commercial reasons (as todays trip was ex DXB), we were going to DXB, so asked for reroute to our base in RAK.
Not possible said Muscat: YES said I: I had already asked RAK, if they had room for a small one: So back to RAK.
Landing fine, but the car drive was hell, thank God, 5am, and no cars on the road.
As an aside the previous afternoon, departured delayed for up to one hour due to inbounds. I assume follow up from that mornings fog.
Some of the air show departures were fun:
An Eclipse in front of a 777...and a F18 requesting an earlier slot as is destination would not accept him.....when pressed he admitted it was a carrier in the Gulf...Now thats a slot buster if I ever heard of one....
Me I just drank my tea, and listened to the chatter.
Glf