jetcareers - View Single Post - In cruise flight along the Atlantic Route

Doug Taylor · November 12th, 2003, 16:37

You're flying from Fort Lauderdale, FL to Boston, MA on an AR route, just offshore.

You have level four thunderstorms to the west and there is a large system of cells to your north.

You ask air traffic control for a 25 degree turn to the east to avoid an area of severe weather and you are denied because of an active warning area.

Taking a peek at the weather radar, it looks like if do conducted a 180 and flew another 70 miles to the south, you'd be able to circumnavigate the area of weather, but then you'd arrive at BOS "fuel critical", plus the weather at BOS is going to require an instrument approach.

The weather in your immediate vicinity doesn't seem scattered enough to 'pick your way' through the cells. They also have a vast amount of vertical development so your chances of climbing over them are slim to none (as usual).

So captain, what do you do?

November 12th, 2003, 16:37	#1
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 41,193 Blog Entries: 1	In cruise flight along the Atlantic Route You're flying from Fort Lauderdale, FL to Boston, MA on an AR route, just offshore. You have level four thunderstorms to the west and there is a large system of cells to your north. You ask air traffic control for a 25 degree turn to the east to avoid an area of severe weather and you are denied because of an active warning area. Taking a peek at the weather radar, it looks like if do conducted a 180 and flew another 70 miles to the south, you'd be able to circumnavigate the area of weather, but then you'd arrive at BOS "fuel critical", plus the weather at BOS is going to require an instrument approach. The weather in your immediate vicinity doesn't seem scattered enough to 'pick your way' through the cells. They also have a vast amount of vertical development so your chances of climbing over them are slim to none (as usual). So captain, what do you do?