If weather requires changes to the mission plan, what should you do?

• A. Inform crew and adjust plan accordingly
• B. Ignore changes
• C. Cancel mission immediately
• D. Postpone to next day

Answer: (A)

When weather changes, safety and coordinated operation are the priorities. Informing the crew immediately ensures everyone understands the new conditions, hazards, and the updated actions each person must take. With the team aligned, you can adjust the plan to fit reality—modifying the route to avoid dangerous conditions, slowing down, changing watch rotations, and establishing clear abort criteria. This keeps operations moving while managing risk rather than pretending nothing changed. Ignoring the weather shift compromises safety; canceling may be necessary if conditions are truly unsafe, and postponing to another day can be appropriate in some cases, but the best default is to communicate and adapt the plan with the crew.