LOW FUEL on B737NG
Hi everyone,
I do not know if this question has already been addressed here. If it is the case please bear with me.
Our B737NG fleet is all ETOPS (LOW FUEL at 2000 lbs/907 kgs per tank as per FAA ETOPS requirement to alert flight crew when fuel level reaches half an hour at MCT on both engines) and we fly them on ETOPS and non ETOPS flights.
Our final reserve as per local regulation is around 1.1 t. My question is: Is it normal when flying normal ops to end up in abnormal ops? i.e.: having a close ALTN can give us an arrival fuel at DEST (ALTN fuel + FINAL RSV) below LOW FUEL alert. The question was asked at Boeing who answered that the operator should address this issue. I do know that some colleagues consider FINAL RSV equal to the LOW FUEL alert. I wanted to know if some of you out there have the same issue and if some operators addressed it.
Thank you