Originally Posted by
Jeff05
Refers to 30 minutes final reserve holding at 1500 above alternate (or destination if alternate not required). This must be intact on landing.
May be slightly different in FAA land (I have only flown reciprocating engine aircraft under FAA rules) but those are the ICAO requirements for jets.
Thoughts with the families and friends of the victims at this awful time.
This is a FAR121-Supplemental operating a flag (domestic) flight. So the 45-minute RSV applies, not 30min.
Why they leveled at ~6000’ for a time and tracked West toward a different transition waypoint than other arrivals is curious to me more than a critical fuel status, but stranger things have happened. That said, those wouldn’t have been causal, but perhaps a significant link. I stand by my ‘amateur-hour’ speculations and don’t feel they detract from the discussion.
RIP, fellas.