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Old 14th Dec 2017, 20:11
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AMC1 CAT.OP.MPA.150(b) Fuel policy: PLANNING CRITERIA — AEROPLANES

(a) Basic procedure
to include Contingency Fuel as either of
- trip fuel 5% or
- trip fuel 3% when ERA is used
- 20 mins of trip burn based on monitoring programme for the individual A/C
- statistical extra burn based on approved individual A/C and city-pair data

but never less than 5 minutes holding at 1500' ft above DEST in ISA conditions.

(b) Reduced contingency fuel (RCF) procedure
--> what the OP inqures about

(c) Predetermined point (PDP) procedure
(d) Isolated aerodrome procedure

AMC2 CAT.OP.MPA.150(b) Fuel policy: "LOCATION OF THE FUEL EN-ROUTE ALTERNATE (FUEL ERA) AERODROME"
--> not pertinent to this discussion

Thus:

* The 3% ERA is a version of the BASIC procedure, not RCF.
* The RCF procedure clearly spells DEST1 and DEST2 - to be treated indentically with respect to ALTN requirements.
* The PDP uses DEST and its ALTN, of which only one is reachable.

Wording is mine, not verbatim.
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