Originally Posted by
Microburst2002
So if you are in approach to destination after a ferry flight and your GW is only 45 tons, you can only pull 2.5, with is much less load (45x2.5 tons).
And rightfully so. Fuel taken from the wing tanks won't help unloading the structure.
Only fuel taken from the Center tank would theoretically allow you to pull a little bit higher g without overloading the Center wing structure.
Still, even in that case the objections by @Fursty Ferret are valid.
Anyway if 2,6g instead of 2,5g would have saved the day I would consider that really, really unlucky. I don't remember a single case in aviation history where such a difference in allowable g would have made a difference....