Originally Posted by NopeNoVNAV

I have two scenarios that I might have but one in particular that I'm trying to figure out what rule I broke for this question


In a nutshell


I was flying A to B, with alternate of C. NASTY weather heavy rain, windshear.

Assigned holding for 40 minutes, weather at B was improving while weather was moving to Alternate C. Considered Other alternates that were farther away but were not ideal for fuel or pax services.
When we hit bingo fuel we decided that we would continue holding as weather shut down alternate C.
Declared min fuel, We burned through the alternate and into reserve a hare and landed. (I filed an ASAP just to cover my butt)

I'm being given yes I broke a rule for not diverting and no I did not break a rule because its for planning purposes.

Other than this I do not recall ever being forced to break a rule.

Story 2

Was flying VMC day to a field that was landing west and were expecting a visual approach, there's an approach associated with that runway but it's offset by 30*. This airport is notorious for unstable approaches to this runway.
Noticed that we had a charted visual in our database, and had the chart for it in our IPAD, but the opsepcs didn't have us approved for it yet. So, we felt that in the name of being safe, flying a stable approach with coded lateral guidance, we chose to fly this charted visual despite it not being "approved".


Obviously, I would not continue to do something like this, but if I have available resources that will help me despite not receiving approval for it, why wouldn't I use it.