In rec.aviation.military Typhoon502 twisted the electrons to say:
What I find questionable is the reserve fuel issue, though. Doesn't
operating in the hover/slow environment just guzzle fuel?

"Sharkey" Ward's squadron (601) on HMS Invincible was told, by him, not
to land with more than 800lbs of fuel onboard. (By contrast, on HMS
Hermes they where landing with at least 2000lbs worth of fuel. Ward
claims his squadrons where thus getting at least 20 minutes more CAP time
per flight.)
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Let alone connected with my employer ...