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Starlionblue wrote:3. At our company, if any further delay means we are likely to be under 30 minutes of fuel at landing, this is a "pan pan fuel" call.
zeke wrote:Starlionblue wrote:3. At our company, if any further delay means we are likely to be under 30 minutes of fuel at landing, this is a "pan pan fuel" call.
No that's minimum fuel see Ops A 8.3.8.5
GalaxyFlyer wrote:In the US, the final reserve is 45 minutes at 10,000'; which works out pretty close the the 30 at 1,500'.
Classa64 wrote:What are the penalties for landing or breaking some of these minimums, Is there even?
Is there any reported cases where the minimums were broken but the circumstances were extreme enough there was no choice.
Classa64 wrote:What are the penalties for landing or breaking some of these minimums, Is there even?
Is there any reported cases where the minimums were broken but the circumstances were extreme enough there was no choice.
GalaxyFlyer wrote:In the US, the final reserve is 45 minutes at 10,000'; which works out pretty close the the 30 at 1,500'.
GalaxyFlyer wrote:In the US, the final reserve is 45 minutes at 10,000'; which works out pretty close the the 30 at 1,500'.
CosmicCruiser wrote:maybe you can point me to the FAR that mentions 10,000'
domestic it's 45 min at normal cruise speed
Classa64 wrote:What are the penalties for landing or breaking some of these minimums, Is there even?
Is there any reported cases where the minimums were broken but the circumstances were extreme enough there was no choice.
BravoOne wrote:It's comforting to see so many different opions on this:)
BravoOne wrote:Some carriers designate a fuel amount in LBS for declaring an state of "Emergency Fuel" for the specific aircraft in their fleets and that takes some of the guess work out of it,