Kestrel Engine failure into Frankfurt (FRA)
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suitable weather
(not saying that is what happened here)
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I was on the B757/B767 for a while; 12 years.
The nearest suitable airport for a simple engine failure, as compared to the not so simple uncontrollable fire type scenario, came down to "which is closer by way of time?"
Whilst airport A may be geographically closer than airport B, the time taken for a suitably proper and thorough briefing for an approach to A may be more than that for an approach to B.
In that case, A is closer in time and therefore the nearest suitable.
The differential may be one of familiarity with A over B.
On the other hand, more complex issues often come into play: weather, terrain, airport facilities such as a radar versus non-radar environment, precision approach navaids versus non-precision approach navaids, and so on.
I agree with the Kestrel posters and, though not with the company now or in the past, I'd like to echo their sentiments.
"Well done lads."
The nearest suitable airport for a simple engine failure, as compared to the not so simple uncontrollable fire type scenario, came down to "which is closer by way of time?"
Whilst airport A may be geographically closer than airport B, the time taken for a suitably proper and thorough briefing for an approach to A may be more than that for an approach to B.
In that case, A is closer in time and therefore the nearest suitable.
The differential may be one of familiarity with A over B.
On the other hand, more complex issues often come into play: weather, terrain, airport facilities such as a radar versus non-radar environment, precision approach navaids versus non-precision approach navaids, and so on.
I agree with the Kestrel posters and, though not with the company now or in the past, I'd like to echo their sentiments.
"Well done lads."
ladette
