Question for you Jaba,
Do you carry an alternate on all your flights or 60 mins fixed reserve and another 45 mins on top of that., as that's what you are saying these pilots should have taken and what you would expect others to take, when the forecasts say the weather is good.
You ask why they didn't land in Melbourne, have you looked the Melbourne weather on the day, it was crap!
If a passenger asked how much fuel I had on board I will call the AFP have them removed, as I would consider that request as someone who is unstable and could be looking at using the aircraft as a weapon.
Even under the old system of ATC operational control, the ATC Ops controllers would not have question the departure fuel as there were no requirements at the time. What would have happened, once both aircraft were airborne and the amended weather for Adelside appeared this would have been relayed to both aircraft via the sector controller.
Last edited by BPA; 20th Jul 2013 at 00:29.