Originally Posted by
transilvana
Rostov is quite a tricky airport on bad weather, all the area is. On 2 ocassions I couldnīt land there and GA to Anapa and Krasnodar which is quite close for pax. Also runway is sleepery due to tyre residues on touchdown and rwy 22 is upslope giving you false approach sensations
But if locals donīt land there neither do I, even if you have enormous amounts of fuel on board. This pushing crews to the limit is getting nosense.
(In the Russian blogs) Norilsk city pilots say their airport, like a handful of others, in the Russian Far North, tends to. how to say. be partial to old Soviet safety rules rather than modern international when it comes to bad weather. Namely - diverts them all 1500 km away :o, leaving pilots no choice to attempt landing or not in bad weather, and never mind fuel cost, feeding pasengers, accomodating them in the hotels, all the additional costs incurred. They say that's why they are all still alive in the Far North, as safety interests are authoritatively ranked higher than any commercial or financial ones. There are no roads nor railroads in the Far North, safety of aviation is paramount to keep northerners in place. Norilsk Nickel company is tsar and God in those quarters and it wants people. It is also able to stand law suits in case of local airports being overly careful with weather.