Southwest Seeks Exemption to Alternative-Airport Rules
Citing advances in weather forecasting and monitoring, all-weather aircraft performance and flight crew training, Southwest Airlines asked the FAA for an exemption to regulations setting the threshold for the requirement that an alternate airport, or even two alternates, be designated by dispatchers...
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