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Old 28th Apr 2009, 09:45
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This is only an issue if you are taking round trip fuel. The taxi in fuel is no where and does not need to be.
Minimum round trip fuel = minimum required for return sector 2 + adjusted sector (trip) fuel 1 (due increased ATOW perhaps) + taxi out & APU sector 1 + taxi in after sector 1 .
This calculation includes only 1 contingency fuel. To avoid any embarassment on turn round and having to ask for 200kgs to be minimum legal, it might be a good idea to plan to land with minimum return + a bit.
If you can make round trip with no problem then try for it. If it will be very close, then I prefer to land with 500-800kgs short of minimum return so there is no question you will uplift. Landing with minimum return - 1-200kgs is a real pain for everyone. Shall we shan't we?? Fudge the figures etc. This is especially true if the weather at sector 2 destination is not nice and you really wanted more than minimum, but you are 200kgs less than what you wanted.
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