Clarify IFR alternate and when to select 2 alternates.
Ok can someone clarify the rules or point out if im wrong in these statements.
1. You always need atleast 1 alternate unless your flying to an isolated aerodome.
2. You need 2 alternates when planning and at the ETA it is scheduled to below the operating minimas for the aerodome one hour prior and after OR there are no met reports available for the destination.
What confuses me alittle is the text from EASA OPS "The operator shall only select the destination aerodrome when" does this imply you dont need an alt?:
(b) Planning minima for a destination aerodrome other than an isolated destination aerodrome
The operator shall only select the destination aerodrome when:
(1) the appropriate weather reports and/or forecasts indicate that, during a period commencing one hour before and ending one hour after the estimated time of arrival at the aerodrome, the weather conditions will be at or above the applicable planning minima as follows:[/B]
(i) RVR/visibility (VIS) specified in accordance with CAT.OP.MPA.110; and
(ii) for an NPA or a circling operation, the ceiling at or above MDH;
or
(2) two destination alternate aerodromes are selected.