Following the event, the aircraft operator amended Cherokee Six fuel procedures to require a minimum of 30 L of fuel in the selected fuel tank for any take off
Does anyone other than me find that to be a questionable procedure?
Been a while since I flew one but I figure a 300hp Lyc has got to be chewing a similar amount of juice to a Conti, so 30 L is about 30 min flying at a high power setting. Doesn't leave much margin for error.
I have landed a couple of times with 30 min in a tank but I would never consider taking off on a tank with so little in it.
Doesn't "fill the tips and drain the mains" suggest anything.
Whatever happened to taking off on the fullest tank as a SOP?
Dr 
PS: ..... and yes, as a matter of fact I have drained a tank dry in a PA32 - twice!