Dispatch claims air carrier medium large transport diverted to alternate without company blessing.

Attributes
ACN	167815
Time
Date	199101
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : bos
State Reference	MA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 10000 msl bound upper : 10000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : bos
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other
ASRS Report	167815
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Flight holding over bos with 14500# fuel on board. Diverted to pud on his own. Pud WX was below alternate minimums, closed, and field conditions were not updated. The listed alternates on the release were buf and pwm. Captain acknowledged my SELCAL, but would not call me on the radio.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DISPATCH CLAIMS ACR MLG DIVERTED TO ALTERNATE WITHOUT COMPANY BLESSING.

Narrative: FLT HOLDING OVER BOS WITH 14500# FUEL ON BOARD. DIVERTED TO PUD ON HIS OWN. PUD WX WAS BELOW ALTERNATE MINIMUMS, CLOSED, AND FIELD CONDITIONS WERE NOT UPDATED. THE LISTED ALTERNATES ON THE RELEASE WERE BUF AND PWM. CAPT ACKNOWLEDGED MY SELCAL, BUT WOULD NOT CALL ME ON THE RADIO.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.