Originally Posted by
Nevets
I would agree if they do that with every other procedural change. If it's not something that your occ and FAA do then it's definitely a threat. The fact that dispatchers can easily see this and that any FAA inspector with Internet can also see it shows that it doesn't need to be said. And what about having to use emergency authority in order to go above that operational limitation? Some pilots are reluctant to declare an emergency, this may cause some not to do what's safest in order to avoid the possible perception that he is doing something he isn't supposed to. Also, someone said a list was published. That's also punitive. It's all just a very very bad practice from a risk management perspective.
You assume way too much. Dispatchers plan the flight within the legalities, what you do with it after you push off the gate is all you. If you want to fly through all those thunderstorms the dispatcher routed you around, that's your prerogative. Wanna take it up to FL410 when you were planned at FL280, alrighty then. No one's here to play snitch.