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Old 2nd Apr 2004, 08:26
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Ooops, sorry Wx Man. Could be my spam killer - gets a little over enthusiastic sometimes. Drop me a PM with your email address so I can tell it you are not evil.

The first you must be right that it should say destination. The question is easy if you cut out the excess information (typical of JAA exams) and RTFA - read the answers! The rules for final reserve fuel for MRJT - 30 minutes hold 1500 feet above destination or, if destination alternate required, above the alternate. This cuts the answers down to (A) or (C). Note you can't even calculate the figure for the destination, as you don't know the fuel load there without alternate fuel being given.

Find the weight overhead the alternate (whoever wrote this question, which I didn't so not sure where it is from, got the answer wrong - they included all the contingency and holding fuel. If this fuel is intact then final reserve does not become an issue, so I think this is incorrect) which I make to be around the 47,000 kg mark, with a bit for the approach. Look in the table, to a higher weight rather than interpolating, I get 2280 kg/hr. Whoever wrote the answers went up to 2360 kg/hr. Half an hour at that fuel flow is 1140, 1180 for the other figures, but even a quick glance at the table with the vaguest idea of weight should tell you that 2360 in half an hour is wrong. 737-400s use of the order 2.5 tonnes per hour (varying from about 2-3 tonnes) in most normal conditions. almost twice that rate is really suspect!

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For the second, 1-in-60 is correct give or take 2 degrees (ISA +10° - note exam questions are more liekly to give ISA deviation than OAT) so fuel flow is 63.025 lb/hr (PPH column of the table).

From this and the 3 hours 12 minutes of trip, adding a gallon I make the trip fuel 208 lb. Multiplying by 130% to include reserves I get 269 lb, adding in the taxi fuel I make that 279 lb total. Now the question is not very clear as to whether the 3 minute climb and ten minute descent have to be added to the 3 hours 12 minutes for fuel calculation, or whether 1 gallon is the whole fuel for the climb and both times included in the total.

This question does not strike me as being close to the exam style. Contains too many bits - the "total fuel" questions tend to be separate from the CAP 697 questions. It is not well worded either.
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