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Their latest incident last weekend had their VP of flight ops flying a passenger flt to a airport that had been notam'd closed months in advance without enough fuel to divert to a airport 70 miles away. This VP is said to be highly critical of crews who are involved in the slightest incident including firing a Captain in June because he initiated a ground evacuation after both flight attendants and airport fire fighters reported smoke in the aircraft.
I didn't pick up on the corporate rank of the pilot, but I still have a math problem with the above.
1. He was offered a diversion to GFK, 70 miles away. Declined due to stated lack of fuel.
2. He was told there was 20+ minutes before he could land at FGO, said he couldn't wait that long, he was bingo in 3-4 minutes, as I recall.
3. He was told he'd have to declare an emergency to land at FGO and some info on the closure NOTAM. Suddenly the pilot on the radio replies basically "never mind" and waits the 20 minutes to land.
So, is it possible he didn't have the fuel for GFK?
What would you have done?