http://www.ryanair.com/doc/news/2012...alencia_EN.pdf
FR2054 landed with 1029kgs final reserve 1104kgs.
FR5998 landed with 1160kgs final reserve 1119kgs.
FR5389 landed with 1228kgs final reserve 1090kgs.
FR2054 plog was 5887kgs they took 6500kgs. 600kg extra. Diverted at 2900kgs.
FR5998 plog was 8917kgs they took 9200kgs. 300kg extra. Diverted at 2900kgs with minimum 2664kgs.
FR5389 plog was 11,828kgs they took 12,720kgs. 800kg extra. Diverted at 2600kgs with minimum 2588kgs.
Apart from FR2054 all aircraft landed with the legal minimum. And they all took extra. Only FR5389 diverted at the minimum, because he declared mayday early he landed 138kg above final reserve. The other 2 show that our diversion routings are not realistic when everybody needs to divert.
What more evidence is needed that the reserves our plogs prescribe are not sufficient for MAD?
In fact I believe our legal reserves are a very bare minimum for most destinations! Not allowing any time to overthink or execute a mildly complicated QRH checklist once those minimums are reached.
Those 30 minutes are only 30 minutes if you don't have to go-around from fully configured.