Originally Posted by
joepilot
First, nobody will argue if that is the calculation that you choose to make. However you make it sound like that is the minimum REQUIRED by the FAA.
The 45 minute reserve is strictly a dispatch requirement. If you find that you need to burn it enroute, the FAA has no problem with this. I have had to burn substantially into the 45 minute reserve (no alternate) during a no notice FAA enroute check, and the check airman did not say anything, although he knew exactly how short we were.
Joe
Hmmm. But what about
: 14CFR 91.167a) No
person may operate a
civil aircraft in
IFR conditions unless it carries enough fuel (considering weather reports and forecasts and weather conditions) to -
(1) Complete the flight to the first
airport of intended landing;
(2) Except as provided in
paragraph (b) of this section, fly from that
airport to the
alternate airport; and
(3) Fly after that for 45 minutes at normal cruising speed.
That's not only a "dispatch" requirement right? That's a requirement to OPERATE in IMC period.