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Gene Whitt wrote:
---You do not have to fly to your legal alternate if you can find a safer option ....you don't have to fly to it at all. The designation of the alternate is purely a preflight planning/fuel reserve issue. Further ATC has no clue what your alternate is. ---Plan to land with your 45-minute required fuel reserve otherwise you can be busted Only if you departed without sufficient fuel to hit the desination, the alternate, and then 45 minutes. It's not illegal to consume your reserve (inadvisable perhaps, but not illegal). ---Having fuel extends the options available, maxim range flights non-stop reduce your options ---Your alternate selection is based on pre-flight weather forecasts, void once in flight And any forecast, "temporary" or "chance" in the forecast must be counted as a likely event and drive the selection. ---Never, never rely on fuel gauges as to available fuel, fly by time in tanks Always take the more pessimistic view of the guages and your watch. I've had two friends put down off-field because they had higher than expected fuel burns (in one case a mechanical failure was found, in the other, I don't think he'll ever know why the fuel didn't last). |
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