Originally Posted by
AirBear
I flew the CRJ200 at Mesa 2003-2005. If you needed alternate fuel you usually couldn't carry 50 pax.
I met a good friend of mine one night in CLT. He was operating a CLT-MKE flight. MKE weather was 300 & 1 and forecast to stay that way. He had no alternate on the flight plan so he called the dispatcher who said "but we'll have to bump pax if I give you an alternate 😮! Friend said "So ???"
About the happiest day of my life was when I blocked in on my last flight for Mesa.
With forecast weather conditions at the destination, how was the flight to be dispatched under CFR 135.219§
§ 135.219 - IFR: Destination airport weather minimums.
No person may take off an aircraft under IFR or begin an IFR or over-the-top operation unless the latest weather reports or forecasts, or any combination of them, indicate that weather conditions at the estimated time of arrival at the next airport of intended landing will be at or above authorized IFR landing minimums.
§ 135.223 - IFR: Alternate airport requirements, similar to CFR 121 Ops
allows for 1 hour prior to after ETA
1. Ceiling 1,500 above Circling MDA,
2. If a circling instrument approach is not authorized for the airport, the ceiling will be at least 1,500 feet above the lowest published minimum or 2,000 feet above the airport elevation, whichever is higher; and
3. Visibility for that airport is forecast to be at least three miles, or two miles more than the lowest applicable visibility minimums, whichever is the greater, for the instrument approach procedure to be used at the destination airport.