Originally Posted by
Min Fuel
Here is another situation that is coming up in the ASRs. Dispatch gives you an alternate and crews have sometimes found they do not have the approach charts for that airport OR there is a notam which precludes an approach.
Also, in some cases, the nearby alternate is being used by everyone else and that airport gets slammed with arrivals it can't handle.
Well, here's stupidity applied for you, and a good example of legality versus safety.
LAX-ANC is a LONG flight, but it's covered under turbojet domestic fuel planning requirements. Considering how rapidly the weather changes in Anchorage, and that if it's really down the nearest alternate (only a factor if required at time of dispatch) is something like an hour away, that's a LOT of fuel.
LAX-PVR is much shorter, but it's covered under turbojet flag fuel planning requirements. That means you carry a lot of fuel for a comparatively short trip.
Insanity? Yessir. Stupid? Definitely. Legal? Abso-lutely!