Originally Posted by
megan
Nothing heroic you prat. Just a demonstration how one can be caught out by events which one has no control over, that being unforecast weather, and using a little nouse to ensure a safe outcome. One thing I never ever did is purposely burn into reserve, even in combat, this being the only time in 20K. Oh, by the way, reserve was 30 mins in the example. I
You mentioned Two examples of burning into your reserve in that one post old fella . Some of us have contingency fuel on board to help deal with the unexpected .
Your example of burning into reserve to be able to lift a load shows the commercial pressure where companies of aircraft not up to the task under bid those that are capable to get the job, but then need to bend the rules to make it work . But it was only a little bit of rule bending right? This is the reason why authorities need to publish these types of rules, as it seems they can't rely on pilots using CDF and sorting it out themselves .