10/27/2023 0 Comments Pmdg 747 fuel calculator![]() ![]() Touching down with less than 30 minutes in the tanks would require an MOR with accompanying investigation to establish why it happened and how it could be prevented in future. ![]() ![]() Yes, it is there to be burnt in the event of an emergency: but certainly not to be planned/expected to be used routinely in the event of delays etc and if it is dipped in to that implies something has gone very wrong somewhere along the line. Perhaps 'legal problems' is a bad way of describing it, but if at any point it becomes apparent that landing with final reserve is not going to be possible then that is a MAYDAY and, essentially, land ASAP. I can't speak for the FAA, but in EASA land it is the PIC's responsibility to ensure that the aircraft touches down with the 30 minute final reserve intact and to take steps to ensure that is the case.
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