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Originally Posted by solo748
Not true. Even on the most penal YOWPVR segments, eating 200mph on the nose for material portions, their E2s were landing with 2,000kg+ of fuel
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Curious how you got that info. I guess you work for porter?
Either way, landing with 1.5 to 3t of fuel is normal operating procedure. You need to have enough fuel to do a go around, hold, and then head for your alternate. If you land and you’re on fumes, you’re going to get a call from your chief pilot pretty darn quickly, asking what the hell happened.
Also, I’m willing to bet that those flights were nowhere near full. Travel to Mexico this past winter, especially to PVR, was negatively impacted by all the gang violence. So just because the E2 was able to reach PVR with 2 tons of fuel left doesn’t mean it hauled a full load of pax/bags. It most likely didn’t. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if these flights were weight restricted westbound on days with a 200MPH jetstream.
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