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Old 2nd April 2005 | 14:47
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flyburg
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Yes!!

On the ground during preflight planning you have to have a certain minimum fuel. Once the flight has started you can start to use common sense. What if you arrive at your destination, one with several runways and oké weather but a slight delay due to inbound peak. Your alternate has one runway and weather at mins?? There's no requirement to divert, the only requirement (and I'm not even sure if that's a legal requirement) is to be on the ground somewhere with final fuel reserve. If you anticipate landing with less it's an automatic mayday call
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