This is better than watching the tennis on TV although no one seems to be hitting the net ......it's a looooong tedious volley with only a few major players!
Lets get back to basics as this 'match' will yield no winners
Basics:
2x A/C same type.
2x A/C find that they have insufficient fuel to hold or divert (at the original destination) to a Cat A aerodrome (due a whole heap of reasons), Eg ML(assuming both Co's have ABC Cat dromes in their route manuals, A being the most suitable)
2x A/C divert to the closest drome (MIA)that has an acceptable forecast at the time of diversion & can handle their A/C type(otherwise they would never have dreamed of going there)
2x A/C end up in the circuit area of MIA with fog &
nowhere else to go (Highlighted as that's the main crux of this story now)
So having
nowhere else to go means rules pertaining to not going below the min, or waiting 'till they where/are blw their legal reserves thinking now they can legally throw out the rule book has nothing to do with it anymore.
If they had have turned up overhead MIA with 10 tonnes (figuratively speaking) or 1 litre they where landing period!
The Skippers found themselves in a situation that had only one outcome & that was they where going to land at MIA fog or no fog it's just how they went about it that's worth knowing so we can all learn!
Continue on players but keep an eye on that 'net', someone is gunna slip up !
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