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Old 24th Jan 2013, 07:30
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Squawk-7600 we always seem to go round in circles on this! MOL is technically correct - there is no 'legal requirement' to have reserve fuel on landing. As many have said, it is a 'legal requirement' to load it before departure. Why not actually read and quote 1.375 (see ii 2 below)? There you can see that is is a 'legal requirement' to manage the fuel en-route so as to 'expect' to land with a minimum of reserves, BUT if things go wrong, you declare an emergency, and then quite 'legally' you will land with what you have. No-one yet has found a way to fill up RyanAir 737s in flight.

1.375 b 2

2. however, if, as a result of an in-flight fuel check, the expected usable fuel remaining on arrival at the destination aerodrome is less than:

(i) the required alternate fuel plus final reserve fuel, the commander must take into account the traffic and the operational conditions prevailing at the destination aerodrome, at the destination alternate aerodrome and at any other adequate aerodrome, in deciding whether to proceed to the destination aerodrome or to divert so as to perform a safe landing with not less than final reserve fuel, or

(ii) the final reserve fuel if no alternate aerodrome is required, the commander must take appropriate action and proceed to an adequate aerodrome so as to perform a safe landing with not less than final reserve fuel;

The underlined are the 'legal requirements' in flight. In ii the 'appropriate action' includes an emergency declaration. Can we put this one to bed now?
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