Fuel planing
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Fuel planing
JAR-OPS 1.295 Selection of aerodromes states:
"(d) An operator must select two destination alternates when:
(1) The appropriate weather reports or forecasts for the destination, or any combination thereof, indicate that during a period commencing 1 hour before and ending 1 hour after the estimated time of arrival, the weather conditions will be below the applicable planning minima; or
(2) No meteorological information is available."
While JAR-OPS 1.297 Planning minima for IFRflights says:
"(d) An operator must select two destination alternates when:
(1) The appropriate weather reports or forecasts for the destination, or any combination thereof, indicate that during a period commencing 1 hour before and ending 1 hour after the estimated time of arrival, the weather conditions will be below the applicable planning minima; or
(2) No meteorological information is available."
While JAR-OPS 1.297 Planning minima for IFRflights says:
"(b) Planning minima for destination and destination alternate aerodromes. An operator shall only select the destination aerodrome and/or destination alternate aerodrome(s) when the appropriate weather reports or forecasts, or any combination thereof, indicate that, during a period commencing 1 hour before and ending 1 hour after the estimated time of arrival at the aerodrome, the weather conditions will be at or above the applicable
planning minima as follows:...
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So, I read this many times and I still do not understand
it. The second paragraf suggests to me that should wx at dest. is bellow minima at +/- 1hr we have to select new (provisional) dest and to plan fuel according to that.
it. The second paragraf suggests to me that should wx at dest. is bellow minima at +/- 1hr we have to select new (provisional) dest and to plan fuel according to that.However the first paragraph say it's ok just to have 2 alternates to original destination
If anybody could clear this for me I would appreciate it very much




