Originally Posted by
Luc Lion
Slightly off topic but does anyone knows why the final reserve is 30 minutes for IFR in a turbine aircraft (or in day VFR) while it is 45 minutes for IFR in a piston aircraft (or in night VFR).
This difference is independent of the number of engines, number of crew members, speed of the aircraft, etc.
I fail to understand what makes the situation of an out-of-fuel piston aircraft more critical than the situation of an out-of-fuel turbine aircraft.
Luc I'm making a guess but a turbine powered aircraft would be faster than a piston engined aircraft