Originally Posted by
mattyj
Yeah but that's not going to happen on some tempo prob 40...it MIGHT but it probably won't
People generally want to get to their planned destination. Most people would probably rather be bumped off a flight, sit at the bar for an hour, and take the next flight to their planned destination rather than ending up at an alternate.
If you have a forecast requiring 60 minutes holding and you instead elect to carry minimum alternate fuel then what do you do if you get there and have to hold? You can't, you don't have the required holding fuel, so you have to go to the alternate. Who wants that?
If you're thinking that you can take alternate fuel but then use it to hold, well you're basically carrying less than the minimum required fuel for the flight aren't you?