Diverging left of track, I know, but..
Our ops dept didn't pass on the info about BHX being closed, despite us not even leaving the crew room before the outbound sector. About 150 miles from home, fog-outs aplenty, we contacted ops to tell them we'd go to Brum as a diversion. Imagine my suprise! Volmet still giving Brum weather and no selcal message. Not even a notam or phonecall downroute. 10 hours+ later and we managed to scrape (+40 feet and +50m RVR) in at home.
Only at times like this that we find the failings of our systems. I intend making noise about this. Like Sept 11, lets find the lessons behind the story and try to make our lives safer as a result.
My thoughts are with the families.
Blue