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Old 28th Mar 2015, 16:51
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JammedStab
 
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Interesting that the weather forecast given to the crew prior to the PNR shows three hundred feet scattered layer yet this weather forecast is above the minimum requirement to continue.

Whoever made the rules about having a scattered layer below minimums as being acceptable made a bad decision. SCT can be 3/8 coverage. A slight bit more and it is a broken ceiling. Surely almost everyone on this forum has seen a low SCT layer become the ceiling.

I have done a missed approach because of a scattered layer below minimums. We did happen to make it in that time but we also had an alternate. I think a serious review is required in this operation in regards to weather.
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