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Are you telling me that FAA regs require you say inbound to LAX with 4 runways in good wx conditions with an EAT known, that at all times you must preserve div fuel, and that you are not allowed under the regs to proceed to your destination, but must when it gets to the point that div fuel is about to be used that you MUST divert to a (possibly) single runway airfield (where there may be delays, and the wx may be worse) and MUST reject the possiblility of making an approach to your destination?
If so, not much joined up thinking there, is there?
Under the old UK CAA and now JAROPS the system works as previously described, it's not "my PROBLEM", it's my/our regulatory framework, which would appear to allow the captain greater flexibility on the day to decide on a course of action (whilst retaining the responsibility for any decisions, to be justified later if necessary).