Ts in the terminal area

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11th August 2005 | 08:34

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Brian Abraham

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Ts in the terminal area

Wondering what guidance your ops manuals give you heavy iron drivers when thunderstorms are playing in the terminal area. Besides planning for alternates/tempo, inter holding fuel that is.

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Brian

11th August 2005 | 22:17

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Pilot Pete

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Avoid them. Simple as that. If you planned ahead for expected weather you should have enough fuel to hold until they pass or else divert.

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11th August 2005 | 22:30

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mbcxharm

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Part A of our Ops manual has some guidance in the form of a table as to how much to avoid thunderstorms and weather radar returns by. Basically it recommends (below 20000ft) 5 miles laterally (or 10 if it looks really nasty!) and overfly by 5000ft.

That's a bit of a simplification of what it says mind...