A spark of genius
411A, interesting concept, using "Island Reserve" for operations to Australia. Australia is after all a
VERY big island!
One poster here stated that operations into Australia (or any other country for that matter) were subject to local rules. That's true, but added to that operations must comply with the AOC for the operator, thus, operations will be limited by both sets of rules.
The use of second level airports for Alternate such as Rockhampton or Coolangatta for Brisbane, is, as I said earlier, an option, but a limited one. These airports offer only Non-Precision approaches (which can be limiting), but at least for our operations (SQ), other factors such as Met watch and manning of lighting facilities as a backup to PAL also have to be considered. A good case in point is the Use of Learmonth as Alternate for Perth, much more "fuel friendly", but scratched from the list when the airport is not manned. Thus, the much less "fuel friendly" Alternate of Adelaide must be used for Perth "after hours". (Not a requirement of Australian rules, but an AOC requirement for us).
Regards,
Old Smokey