With ( only ) "a 1 hour 20 minute Hold", JFK sent us and other aircraft to do a "60 mile Hold at Nantucket" which was much more relaxed than a smaller holding orbit would have been. ( We had no Auto Hold facility on the A/P.)
Whether something rather like this could have been an option offered by ATC at Rostov...at the time, is a different matter.
( PS we had had prior indications of of possible delays at JFK and had taken additional fuel - amount now forgotten. After close down,we had 3900 kg. remaining. We would have needed 4052 kg. for a full 2 hour Island Holding.)
Last edited by Linktrained; 12th May 2016 at 23:09.
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