BTIZ wrote:
should I be surprised that people are encouraging others to disregard the
regulations?

Put it to you this way: flew from Nashville to Norman, OK today (with
appropriate fuel stops). Headwinds were stronger than expected; I
expected to have night VFR reserves at landing, but when we got closer
to that point, I wasn't sure I'd be holding them (perfectly legal).
Stopped at Norman to drop off pax, then planned to head down to David
Jay Perry, where we keep the airplane. 1K4 is about six miles from OUN;
you can see either from the other's pattern.

I was *not* going to pay Cruise's fuel prices to carry a 45-minute
reserve for a six-minute flight.

(As it turned out, we had 45 minutes in the right tank, and about ten in
the left, so all was cool. Still getting used to the fuel gauges in
that dumb thing.)

--Dave

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Dave Buckles

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