Do we bet the Farm that the 30 minute run dry promise by EC/CAA/EASA/JAR/FAA.....is Fair Dinkum?
In the latest event....the crew had cockpit indications it was not....although it appeared to be when checked afterwards. They made the right decision based upon the data they had to consider.
If the system had not been working right.....but no indication of that was evident in the cockpit....and they had decided to fly for 30 minutes.....what might have happened.
I am of the belief that when the "You are now 30 Minutes from Self Destruct...Find a place to Land!" Light/Audio/Horn goes off....I am not going to set the count down timer to "30". I don't care what the EC/CAA et al tell me. Not when it concerns the MGB!
If there isn't a warm dry place within just a very few minutes flying time....I am going to do a very controlled ditching after ever Mother's Son (and Daughter) within hearing range knows exactly where I am and that I desire a ride home.