While the above may be true for the letter of the JAR ops law, company rules may override this, eg rules that state that should a commander thinks that they are in danger of landing with less than reserve they shall declare a PAN, when they know they will land with less than reserve then they shall declare a MAYDAY. So you make an approach expecting to land with reserve +5 minutes fuel, do you have to declare an emergency? If you go-around from this approach do you then wait until you hit reserve before declaring a MAYDAY or say something earlier to gain some priority and avoid making a poor situation worse. Letter of the law or airmanship?
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Last edited by Juan Tugoh; 22nd Jan 2013 at 10:27.