We frequently land close to MLW (302t) and use 5500 kgs as a final reserve fuel number.
Landing with 6000 lbs (2.7t) is.....scary, but it's not necessarily the crews fault IMO.
I completely agree with oicur12.again:
The biggest threat to safety arriving in PEK is PEK ATC during a diversion.
Chinese ATC = endless vectors and speed reductions with no to very little traffic. Totally incapable of thinking even one millimeter outside the box.
Reminds me of
this topic from last summer.
