Eagle divert
06-15-2016, 08:45 AM
#21
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Joined APC: Jul 2014
Position: Feito no Brasil, CA
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Not reading and understanding the weather forecast is not an "emergency". It is negligence. Go back and read the TAF that was published earlier in the day before the flight took off. Look at the prog charts. It was all there. All the info that you needed.
Ask yourself this question... If this was Mesa, or GoJet, or PSA that did this, would the Eagle guys be defending it as an unforeseen emergency?
I am glad that they landed it safely, but a good and safe pilot would have never been in that situation in the first place. As soon as it started looking like it might be bad, a good pilot would have gotten out of that situation and landed somewhere safe.
Ask yourself this question... If this was Mesa, or GoJet, or PSA that did this, would the Eagle guys be defending it as an unforeseen emergency?
I am glad that they landed it safely, but a good and safe pilot would have never been in that situation in the first place. As soon as it started looking like it might be bad, a good pilot would have gotten out of that situation and landed somewhere safe.
It appears you've always been lucky enough to have a way out every time. Here's hoping you never meet your Kobayashi Maru, I don't know if your ego will let you get through it.
Sometimes the unexpected happens. I think you're wrong. We've all been reading TAF's for years. Non-frontal tstorms are unpredictable.
06-15-2016, 08:47 AM
#22
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Joined APC: Jul 2014
Position: Feito no Brasil, CA
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Well if I were DaOldMan I'd have yelled at my dispatcher for a second alternate and 1,000 CA ADD.
06-15-2016, 09:57 AM
#25
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Joined APC: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,648
It appears you've always been lucky enough to have a way out every time. Here's hoping you never meet your Kobayashi Maru, I don't know if your ego will let you get through it.
Sometimes the unexpected happens. I think you're wrong. We've all been reading TAF's for years. Non-frontal tstorms are unpredictable.
Sometimes the unexpected happens. I think you're wrong. We've all been reading TAF's for years. Non-frontal tstorms are unpredictable.
06-15-2016, 10:18 AM
#26
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Joined APC: Sep 2007
Position: 737 right
Posts: 755
Not reading and understanding the weather forecast is not an "emergency". It is negligence. Go back and read the TAF that was published earlier in the day before the flight took off. Look at the prog charts. It was all there. All the info that you needed.
Ask yourself this question... If this was Mesa, or GoJet, or PSA that did this, would the Eagle guys be defending it as an unforeseen emergency?
I am glad that they landed it safely, but a good and safe pilot would have never been in that situation in the first place. As soon as it started looking like it might be bad, a good pilot would have gotten out of that situation and landed somewhere safe.
Ask yourself this question... If this was Mesa, or GoJet, or PSA that did this, would the Eagle guys be defending it as an unforeseen emergency?
I am glad that they landed it safely, but a good and safe pilot would have never been in that situation in the first place. As soon as it started looking like it might be bad, a good pilot would have gotten out of that situation and landed somewhere safe.
06-15-2016, 11:53 AM
#29
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Joined APC: Aug 2007
Posts: 58
For those not familiar with the event...
1. WX forecast did not required an Alternate.
2. Captain called dispatch and demanded an Alternate (SFG)
3. In-route a second alternate was issued (FSM)
4. Due to Weather in XNA crew diverted to FSM
5. Due to Windshear in FSM crew diverted to Podunk, OK - LOW FUEL status.
1. WX forecast did not required an Alternate.
2. Captain called dispatch and demanded an Alternate (SFG)
3. In-route a second alternate was issued (FSM)
4. Due to Weather in XNA crew diverted to FSM
5. Due to Windshear in FSM crew diverted to Podunk, OK - LOW FUEL status.
06-15-2016, 12:16 PM
#30
You scratched my anchor
Joined APC: Feb 2011
Posts: 4,948
For those not familiar with the event...
1. WX forecast did not required an Alternate.
2. Captain called dispatch and demanded an Alternate (SFG)
3. In-route a second alternate was issued (FSM)
4. Due to Weather in XNA crew diverted to FSM
5. Due to Windshear in FSM crew diverted to Podunk, OK - LOW FUEL status.
1. WX forecast did not required an Alternate.
2. Captain called dispatch and demanded an Alternate (SFG)
3. In-route a second alternate was issued (FSM)
4. Due to Weather in XNA crew diverted to FSM
5. Due to Windshear in FSM crew diverted to Podunk, OK - LOW FUEL status.
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