Can someone explain "diversion" fuel to me, and the logic behind EASA regs?
If you are required to divert, is it not reasonable to expect that many others will be doing the same. If that is a reasonable assumption, is it also reasonable to assume that you proposed route\level to your alternate might not be as you had expected, or hoped, due to the probability that others will have chosen the same alternate, and route thereto, or indeed the possibility of congestion at the now busy alternate?
Has this line of thinking been considered by the rule makers, or is this just another reason for leaving crews to determine what they wish to carry, without the need to consider repercussions when they add more, as was done in the past, for the "wife and kids."
Last edited by sooty3694; 31st Dec 2012 at 15:03.