Originally Posted by
Dangly Bits
I'd like to personally thank a certain Westwind Pilot who ran out of fuel and dropped it in the drink for these new rules! The Definition of Additional Fuel is 90 words long with NO punctuation! A new record from the Flight and Duty CAO which previously had 76 words to say "Take one day off a week!"
Good point.
If these rules had been in place at the time:
- a MAYDAY from NGA at calculated 30 minutes remaining on board would have resulted in a safe landing, and
- the weather information provided to NGA would not have been misleadingly selective.