Could somebody please explain OPS 1.375 (b) 1. then?
Yes, well, I've been trying to bottom this particular subject out for other reasons. As I understand it EC 965/2012 became hard law on 28th October 2012, and superseded all previous Regulations, including that one (either from JAR OPS or its interim successor).
But a trawl of both the new Regulation and its AMC/GM failed to provide any specific rule about what contingency reserve should be added to the calculated sector fuel load, or how it should be calculated. If it's there, I could not find it.
It seems to be left to operators to specify in their OM how sector fuel (including contingency fuel) will be calculated, and to the NAA to approve that on a case-by-case basis. This approach would have its merits, because it takes the characteristics of a particular operation into account.
But I have a nasty feeling I've missed something! So that is probably not the actualité. Does anyone know?