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Old 01-05-2016 | 05:35 PM
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tailendcharlie
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Originally Posted by j3cub
If you aren't comfortable then don't go.

With that said, it's extremely difficult at any airline to determine runway conditions. Even the aerodata performance book lists specifications for different contaminants. Yet they are measurements in inches. I have never been to an airport that reported contaminant depth. Ultimately it's up to the PIC to determine.
On the 'bus sometime during the arrival phase of flight there's a place for you enter the reported braking action into the MCDU when you state the landing runway conditions - if the numbers say you can't land then you're holding or diverting no matter what anyone tries to tell you. Can't imagine any Captain I know accepting anything less conservative. Been in that situation myself & never experienced any pushback from dispatch.
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