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Old 31st Dec 2013, 18:06
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Fortyodd2
 
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"In normal flight when aft transfer pump warning illuminates, you would turn it off, yes?"
Not necessarily.
In the cruise, yes. On scene, hover or low speed orbit, fwd or aft, no -simply because there are constant attitude changes.
In the cruise, in the situation you describe, I would be expecting the main tank quantity to continue to reduce - if instead, the supply tanks start going down then that is the first indication that all is not well - not the Amber caption.

"The two supply tanks contain 115ltrs when full. What's really eating at me is only 95ltrs drained by AIB"

What has not been confirmed yet is which tank?, all tanks?, did they drain some fuel or all fuel?
Moody quantity sensors in the 135 is not a new phenomenon.

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