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Originally Posted by BobDDuck  You are going into an uncontrolled airport with one east-west runway with an ILS to the east runway. There is an ASOS on the field but it is stating OTS. A front blew through about 2 hours prior bringing heavy rain and wind. The weather on your release is 1 hour old and stating 1800 OVC with calm winds.The approach controller gives you the weather at an airport 40 miles to the east as 260@12G19 700 OVC. Nobody answers on local traffic when you call up and the person manning the radio in ops has no idea how to look out the window and give a field report. Circle to land is authorized only with 1000 foot ceilings.
You are decending through 8000 down to 3000 "vectors for the ILS approach". What do you do? |
I would go missed on the approach and proceed to my alternate and land there since I should have planned for the alternate and still have a reserve of 45 minutes. After landing at the alternate I would call my company's dispatch notifying them of my location and why I diverted to the alternate and if they threaten to fire me, I say ok......and of course call the airport manager and tell him to go and fix the ASOS since its kinda nice to know what the clouds are doing because I am not a freaking mind reader and know how low the clouds really are.
-Farva