eglnyt (what the f...)...I see you live in the "Real World" where everything happens like it says so in the book.
The "reality" is that we are not "Short" of fuel until we expect to land with less than the "Final Reserve" fuel figure.
Maybe you should spend some time watching "Air Crash Investigation" there was a great one recently where the crew of a Columbian tried in vain to get the message to ATC that they were "Short" of fuel. Many dead people!!!
If I give my endurance I expect the ATC controller to spark....if not he will eventually get the PAN call.
Books do not have all the answers and even if they did do you really expect us to start reading one as the sh*t impacts the fan. We can only retain so much knowledge. Thank god that flying is 99% common sense!! and hopefully the likes of yourself are kept far far away from the rest of us!!
DB