SOP question
You are in an aircraft just currently in a really bad patch. (At about 0209, say.)
You have lost all three pitot tube inputs leading to all three IRU's declaring sick. You are following the manual and flying attitude and throttle. And you are significantly but not dramatically closer to landing in Brazil than any other place.
Does the pilot try to fly on to Dakar going through the rest of the bad patch essentially running ALT 2 all the way or does the pilot try to fly through the storm, again, to get to Brazil running ALT 2 all the way?
Either way would you want to get down to warmer air to get the pitot tube function back?
Is there a standard procedure or is it the pilot's call? Might they have elected for the devil they knew than the devil they didn't know?
JD-EE