Originally Posted by
NedsKid
Is this 'flow chart' DL specific, or in the FARs or AIM?
We're all looking for 'validation'.
Sorry, a Delta flow chart and KC10 is a Delta pilot so that's why I brought it up.
It'd be nice to find but I don't think there is a generic Part 121 regulation that states: No PIC shall initiate a divert to an airport not listed as an alternate without first contacting dispatch or using their emergency authority...
Although there is this but I need to research it more, I guess as always it all falls back to what is in the airlines Ops Specs:
FAR 121.631
(f) No person may change an original destination or alternate airport that is specified in the original dispatch or flight release to another airport while the aircraft is en route unless the other airport is authorized for that type of aircraft and the appropriate requirements of §§121.593 through 121.661 and 121.173 are met at the time of redispatch or amendment of the flight release.
Here is a thread on the subject:
http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/ma...under-far.html