What Would You Do......
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What Would You Do......
**** THIS IS JUST A SCENARIO ****
I just ran into a situation today on a flight I released. The flight was into JFK this afternoon where the weather made the typical JFK experience even worse.
I dispatched the aircraft with two alternates, KEWR and KACY, which according to the dispatched weather (20Z TAF) was OK. KACY was marginal but the best choice in the area so I added KEWR (98 feet above C055 using 200 1/2 on ILS4L/4R) making the dual alternate legal with fuel to the most distant (KACY).
While enroute they added a TAF for 23Z and KACY actually dropped below legal minimums but KEWR remained legal. So I was required to amend the release per FAR 121.631. Since our wording for marginal is "at legal minimums," I decided to keep KEWR and take off the second alternate.
Would anyone have done it different and/or accepted this amendment?
I just ran into a situation today on a flight I released. The flight was into JFK this afternoon where the weather made the typical JFK experience even worse.
I dispatched the aircraft with two alternates, KEWR and KACY, which according to the dispatched weather (20Z TAF) was OK. KACY was marginal but the best choice in the area so I added KEWR (98 feet above C055 using 200 1/2 on ILS4L/4R) making the dual alternate legal with fuel to the most distant (KACY).
While enroute they added a TAF for 23Z and KACY actually dropped below legal minimums but KEWR remained legal. So I was required to amend the release per FAR 121.631. Since our wording for marginal is "at legal minimums," I decided to keep KEWR and take off the second alternate.
Would anyone have done it different and/or accepted this amendment?
Last edited by NCR757dxr; 03-23-2011 at 03:51 PM.
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The place I just came from loved using KACY/ACY for an alternate when going into the NYC area if one was required. That is why I picked it right away. sEWarK was OVC005 & 3SM when I released the flight as well as when the updated TAF came out. C055 minimums using 4R/4L was 402-1. The reason I put two on in the first place is, in theory 402-1 is actually 500-1