Ball Park Figures
Let's say 7000NAM, 386 tonnes BRW, 218 tonnes ZFW, 420 PAX, ISA.
Let's say M0.85 step cruise PAC rules for reserves, 200nm alt, 30min hold at 1500', engines/aircon normal, CF6-80C2B1F engines.
If the block burn average was 10.5 tonnes per hour 154 tonnes of fuel would go up in smoke; but if the block burn average was 11.5 tonnes per hour all reserves would be gone and not a skerrick left in the tanks!
PS: Not wishing to offend the man called Tullamarine, who would want to go to MEL without going to SYD first? (And no, I am not a cockroach). Unless it's the TELSTRA Dome to watch Aussie beat our two big offshore islands but I can watch the cricket on Channel 9 anyway.
Last edited by enicalyth; 5th December 2004 at 06:34.