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Old 14th Jun 2018, 00:02
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I’m declaring bankruptcy to avoid having to spend the funds I have in reserve to avoid bankruptcy....

The change in language in CASA’s blurb suggests that someone finally paused for a moment to ponder the question: What is reserve fuel for? Then it dawned on them: Maybe it’s safer to fly 10 minutes into your reserve to get to your destination than do a precautionary landing in a field to preserve that 10 minutes of reserve.

CASA might look a little less silly if it paused to ponder these kinds of questions before leaping to print.

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