I may have missed it in the noise on this forum but I am surprised that there has been no discussion of CASA's proposed new rules for fuel requirements on this site. See link below for details.
https://www.casa.gov.au/regulations-...y-requirements
2 things stand out for me. One is that you need to have 45 minutes of fixed reserve. If you touch that you will commit a 50 penalty unit offence.
The second one is that the CAAP talks of "aerodromes" for both the destination and alternate.. I am not exactly sure of this but is an ALA an aerodrome? Under CASR 139 it only talks about registered and certified aerodromes. The definition of an ALA from the part 139 MOS is:
ALA
Aircraft landing area, being an area for the landing, movement and take-off of aircraft that is not a certified or registered aerodrome.
IF an ALA is not an aerodrome then the way that this new CAAP is written you couldn't use an ALA as an alternate. I wonder if this is a mistake, my misunderstanding or deliberate CASA meddling?