Question id 94 - Aircraft General Knowledge - Airframe, Systems, Powerplant - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license

These aeroplanes often consume too much fuel on short haul flights.
The procedures and checklists for this kind of aeroplanes will take too much time.
In that case some fuel tanks remain empty during the whole flight, which stresses the aeroplane's structure in an unacceptable way.
The lifetime of the fatigue sensitive parts has been based on a determined load spectrum.

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