Hold at Cruise Definition
If a fuel reserve policy includes 45 minutes hold at cruise altitude, at what mass and altitude is this calculated? Is it at:
i) the end of main mission cruise mass and altitude and min fuel flow speed;
ii) the mass just before or after the landing phase at the alternate and at the associated optimum cruise altitude for the min fuel flow;
iii) Something else.
CONTEXT: C-Series performance data uses this definition.
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