Slamer:
OK... charts/docs shouldnt be left behind but these things can and clearly do happen. Surely 3/4 experienced pilots using FMC data, ACARS, Satphone co-ordination to LHR ATC to see if they will accept them and QF dispatch (or whatever they call it) to validate data for destination and a suitable alternate, Cant be that difficult or un-safe given some 5 or 6 hours to figure it out.
I'm sure you are right Slamer, it
could be worked out, however I don't think the legalities and insurance requirements are sufficiently elastic to accommodate you.
To put that another way, try telling a policeman that your car really is roadworthy without lights and windshield wipers because you have "worked out" a way of driving it safely, and let me know what happens
