Originally Posted by
bjtdrvr
After speaking with another Gulfstream pilot he mentioned ref for a 450 is about 140. Given that there was about 11 knots of tailwind that lowers their indicated to about 173 so 33 knots fast. Should never have even tried the approach. And if contaminated then max is 5 knots of tailwind.
The alternate was too far away for the pax to drive, so they had to make it. Pressure from management to complete the trip no matter the cost?