Originally Posted by
vilas
pineteam
What you discussed in that thread had many riders and a lot of confusion.
It seems pretty clear to me, except I do not understand so many pilots are so eager for extra fuel.
Since you mentioned an alternate, it is an IFR flight plan with alternate required. Then it requires usual fuel A to B+Cont+ to C+30min hold. You couldn't burn that during taxiing. There is an exception of not requiring a destination alternate in IFR but it has two conditions i.e. VMC approach and landing is possible and the destination has two runways. Since your destination has only one runway you cannot file an IFR flight plan. So I take it as a VFR flight plan which requires fuel A to B + 30min . If you discover after take off that you have only 5min extra then you simply land back. You would avoid everything that can happen at destination. Five minutes fuel is nothing by the time you reach there you may not have even that. Now coming to our thread, a President of a country should definitely be treated as more valuable than half a ton of vegetables. For heaven's sake you can't take law in your hand and do whatever you feel like.
You have so many wrongs here, and in most of your replies. You seriously need to read up on this, not joking.
The fuel in your PLANNING phase needs to be in your tanks at pushback, this is taxi,trip,cont,alt,+final.
You can do a continues inflight replanning, just always land with final reserves. Where you land does not matter.
If you return to departure airport because you are 5 min short, I hope the DFO will call you in for tea no biscuits. If you divert on a cavok day because you are down to final+alt, you’ll get another invite for tea!
All these rules are pretty simple, and been the same in all the different CAAs I have worked under, its simple and straightforward, so don’t make it complicated.
happy landings.. also on final fuel.