You are not required to go to your filed alternate if you cannot get into
your destination; ATC has no idea of what you filed as an alternate. What is
the problem??

Bob Gardner

wrote in message
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Does anyone consider it somewhat dangerous that at your alternate
airport, the weather can be forecast to be as low as your alternate
minimums? Seems the potential for problems.

For example, using Carlsad California CRQ as the planned alternate,
where the VOR-A is the approach you plan to fly if necessary (assume
the ils is out). For a cat C aircraft, the alternate minimums are
1000 and 3. The approach minimums are 972 feet height above airfield,
and 3 miles without dme.

So is this all ok?

Stan