On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 01:43:37 GMT, "Steven Barnes"
wrote:

"Dave Butler" wrote in message
news:1102448212.183819@sj-nntpcache-5...
Steven Barnes wrote:
Aren't alternates also used by ATC for lost comm fun? In radar
environments,
it's probably not as big of a deal. But when not in radar, if you miss
at
your destination, ATC has a pretty good idea where you're headed next if
you
listed an alternate. Or at least where you said you would head if things
didn't work out at the destination.

Nope, ATC doesn't even know what you filed as an alternate. It's not on
the
flight progress strip. DGB

Really. Well, other than making you think about what could go wrong and
providing more to learn for students, what is it actually used for? (or was
that the original question in this thread...)



So that you pack enough fuel so you can get to an airport that is
bsically VFR