Weather deviations through Mexico Airspace

[Gulfstream 200]

Capt Ty, divertin' for weather to land in Mexico because dispatch didn't pack on enough fuel and he aint hittin granite after 20 yrs on a commercial certificate.



Good to see you back Ty! Hope all is well!

 

[Ty Webb]

Thanks!

I've been lurking . . . . . Most of it seems to be the same conversations, only the names/places/small details change!

 

[Ty Webb]

Your welcome, glad we see things the same way. Thanks for letting us know how many years you have been flying on a commercial certificate.

To be more accurate- I've had a Commercial cert for over 20 years, but I have been actually been flying on an ATP for the past 11.

Since you have 20 years+ flying on a commercial certificate, it should be pretty obvious to you then that landing in Freeport, Bahamas due to WX divert is not the same as landing in Mexico due to WX divert.

I think we covered the Commercial thing . . . no one said landing in Mexico, the subject was deviating into Mexican airspace, but I would land there, too, if I needed to, as opposed to suffering a catastrophic airframe failure or high altitude upset in a CB. . . .

Since you seem so bound and determined to tell us all you know about Mexico, and how different it is than the Bahamas, don't let me stop you. :laugh:

My point, once again, was that do what you have to do. I would, however, be a lot more cautious over Cuban airspace. . . . or any place that ends in "_stan", although I don't personally have any experience in the latter (and don't care to have any, either).

 

[svcta]

I don't think that anyone ever claimed that a deviation anywhere precluded safety. The point was that a divert to Freeport is not the same things as a deviation in to Mexico. And it's a valid point.

Everyone agrees with you in regards to safety. That's not what this is about.

 

[NCherches]

I like to like to deviate to the Bahama's vs. landing anywhere in Alabama ... well at least some of the Bahaman Islands...