Etihad divert fuel and decision making ?
Yesterday as I was skipping across the desert floor in the morning, near to Al Ain, on Al Ain Grd freq. I heard a brief converastion with Grd and a Etihad flight, quite unusual but I stand to be corrected.
Anyhow it went on in this manner :-
ATC " etihad flight can you please tell us the reason for your divert from abu dhabi"
long pause....
FO " we have certain amount of pax 's on board"
ATC " I say again, could you please tell us the reason for diverting "
FO " fuel "
Atc " why "
long pause.....
FO " we had 35 minutes of reserve and we had been holding at abu dhabi for 14 minutes and still could not get clearance, so we diverted to Al Ain"
This last response is exact, they have the tapes.
My question is what is the standard IFR reserve fuel and capable for diversion,
As a lowly military chopper instructor, what is the airbus flight time from abu to Al ain.....
As I said, I stand to be corrected....