HD,I'm very disappointed in your comments as a well respected veteran of the system. The above comments relay the real world outside the uk system.
What ATC did that nite put the EI crew under severe stress by closing their alternate knowing their fuel scenario..BCL ATC have a huge amount of searching questions to answer that will no doubt swept aside in the future enquiry. I as a pilot and long time Capt can not see why ATC would not afford Cat3 approaches if low VIS procedures all ready in effect re Cat2.
I never felt comfortable in my years going to BCL in inclement conditions.
A disturbing initial report to read, and I'm sure EIN are non plussed at the sequence of events.
Last edited by Bearcat; 14th April 2012 at 21:19.