Lightning strikes!
Some interesting goings on out of Sydney this morning.
No less than 3, yes 3, domestic Jet transports reported lightning strikes outbound in the south of the terminal area. They were just the one's that I heard!
My greatest concern however was that they all elected to continue! One VA aircraft however later advised that the company had directed them to divert.
I've had a few (lightning strikes) over the years, and I've always diverted to the nearest suitable aerodrome, regardless of whether the aircraft appeared to be performing normally or not. On one occasion there was a neat hole drilled through the Radome!
Maybe our procedures are different to theirs, but on the surface it seems to me to be risky behavior.
Opinions?