livin'thesim
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Sounds like our old mgmt team!
Trojan
I see everyone pointing at the captain...stop! Yes things could have been handled differently once there and realizing they timed out,but lets start at the beginning of the flight.
The Dispatcher...when planning the flight, did MSP require an alternate? Were Tstm;'s in the TAF? If yes, why in the heck did the dispatcher choose RST, and on the last flight of the night. DSM or OMA are the closest CO stations.
Okay so let's say, flight is full, if OMA or DSM was used and any hold fuel, bumped passengers, oh well, SAFETY OF FLIGHT and AWARE OF ALL WEATHER SITUATIONS!
Trust me I work for a carrier who flies for CO and we do MSP and RST will only be used has a paper alternate, if weather situation looks like a diversion could happen, then OMA or DSM, or have even used MKE or MSN for flights coming from the east.
This situation started long before the flight diverted, this started when the flight was planned poorly for the weather conditions forecasted for MSP that night...PLAIN AND SIMPLE, leaving the crew no choice but to set the flight down in a poor choice has an alternate.
Captain should have questioned all this before departure
Extremely unprofessional.
We need older, higher time captains. Not youngsters who can't assert authority and deal with these situations.
According to the MSNBC article:I think the problem was that RST is not a Continental/XJT station. RST is only served by NWA(connection) and Eagle. And i doubt their employee's would have gotten out of bed to take care of the flight.