Mutt:
Thanks for above refresher.
Yes, I flew in Saudi most of 1998 and seem to remember some inversion forecast.
Good info for sure. Especially if dispatched for a long and heavy flight.
The incidents mentioned in the topic above was before they issued any "Inversion Forecast".
Sure could have used 'em.
Or a flap 10 policy...
On a different note, since we are in the Tech forum: I flew small planes in Alaska years ago.
On cold winter mornings the density altitude was 5000 feet below sea level.
For piston planes certified only at full power (No reduced) we were not legal to take off as a 300 HP engine would develop 320 HP or so. And it was not certified for that kind of action.
Asked an FAA inspector about it one fine day as we were bored and grounded due to snow storms and such.
He shrugged it off and wanted no part of the problem.
Perhaps same with the high temps, inversions in the sand-box?
Who actually gives a turd if all the mills keep spinning?
Not the pilots?
Not the company?
Not the state?
Not the union?
Not the pax?
If the pax did know, would they cancel the reservation after they got the ATIS, or would they just get on, strap in and wish to wake up in LHR 6 later?
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Men, this is no drill...