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Old 26th Oct 2012, 17:16
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Thanks, anyone able to decode the first line concerning revised flight plan and inflight replanning? Does it mean that you sometimes can use use plate minima for destination alternate inflight? I think it's a common conception that planning minima don't apply flight.
No, it refers to applicable planning minima, which is always 'one up' for alternates.

It's pretty logical if you think about it. If you can't land at your destination there's a good chance you are going to end up at your alternate with just over 30 mins fuel so the last thing you want to find is that some truck has driven into the localiser aerial. The only other approach available is an SRA but the weather is below that minima..... Not a nice place to be!

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