Old 07-24-2016 | 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by tennisguru
PSA regularly uses 1300-1500 lbs as reserve fuel in the 200. On flights with no tanker fuel or an alternate there is supposed to be a ~600 pad added on top of that, but you can eat through that quickly if you're not paying attention or with ATC wrenches thrown in thus a certain percentage of our flights land around the 1500 lb mark or a little above.
He said AWAC jumpseat, not PSA. You will (currently) never see those numbers on an AWAC release nor would a pilot ever leave the gate with that amount of fuel.
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