Originally Posted by
gojo
Okay, fist post on this thread said they diverted to a non 121 approved airport without ARFF. How does this become a good and safe alternate?
In East Texas, 45 minutes of fuel may not comfortably get you to another 121 airport especially during a situation with pop up TS. So, find me a 5000 foot strip to put my 145 or CRJ on. If I'm choosing between getting to a 121 airport with 15 minutes of gas left and a GA with 40, I'm taking the GA strip 100 times out of 100