PNG allows no alternates; basically copies Aussie rules with INTER & TEMPO fuel provisions. Not a good idea in that part of the world....only a mug would NOT carry an alternate. Whether one would stack the INTER or TEMPO fuel on top of the alternate (should the alternate itself require it) is a matter for individual judgement on the day. Personally I think that is a crock as I don't subscribe to double-jeopardy - alternate plus 30 has got me by all these years. The lowest fuel I ever landed with was 20 minutes which I admit was a bit tight.
The Oz situation is rather unique because of the excessive distances involved, so should not be copied in places where the distances are not so much as to be limiting. NLK - NOU is from memory a piddling 55 minutes at jet speeds.
PS: Am in agreement with Jabawocky's assessment - harsh as it may seem.
Last edited by Mach E Avelli; 14th Nov 2011 at 10:47.