Originally Posted by mekberry

I thought the same thing too. Actually, the way it is written in the "Questions Questions" book is that the airport is 2 hours away. Go figure. Maybe your takeoff alternate "just" went below mins. Anyway... the point is do you use your captain's authority to try the approach - again not dipping below mins - but just to try since it is the closest and best chance for the passenger in trouble, or do you go to some distant alternate.

Another scenario I have heard is that you are enroute over DEN, on a flight say from ORD-LAX. Passenger has chest pains, DEN is below mins, LBB is closest airport above mins, but currently exceeding the tailwind limit. SLC is next closest but is 2 (?) hours away. You get the idea.