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28th Jul 2012, 19:13

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4yrs ago final reserve fuel was 1100kg, and some alternates had a calculated burn of 900 odd, so you could (if you took min fuel & had unfavorable winds/FL allocated) arr at Dest with less than 2tons.

I could usually find an "excuse" not to.

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