Originally Posted by
LavStink
So, by show of hands, who here wants to hear the ATC tapes of the VP of Flt Ops (GB) and his First Officer, the Director of Safety (MW) declaring a humiliating emergency because they're running out of fuel after flying all the way to a closed destination. Guess somebody didn't read their notams, huh?
I'm sure they'll blame "the summer heat and their demanding schedules" for failing to read the notams.
So, was this goof-up due to not being aware of the airshow restrictions going on in Fargo on July 23rd? Seems a little odd for the flight to run so tight on fuel onboard, what if Fargo had been closed for hours for some reason, how would they get to their alternate? Pilot said he would be on bingo fuel in about 3 minutes, "We don't have enough fuel to go anywhere else". I wonder how late in the flight they realized that landing in Fargo was un-routine that day.