The fuel plan gives a trip fuel of 65 US gallons. The alternate fuel, final reserve included, is 17 US gallons. Contingency fuel is 5% of the trip fuel. The usable fuel at departure is 93 US gallons. At a certain moment the fuel consumed according to the fuel gauges is 40 US gallons and the distance flown is half of the total distance. Assume that fuel consumption doesn't change. Which statement is right ?

Question

ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license - Flight Planning and Monitoring - The fuel plan gives a trip fuel of 65 US gallons. The alternate fuel, final reserve included, is 17 US gallons. Contingency fuel is 5% of the trip fuel. The usable fuel at departure is 93 US gallons. At a certain moment the fuel consumed according to the fuel gauges is 40 US gallons and the distance flown is half of the total distance. Assume that fuel consumption doesn't change. Which statement is right ?

QuizVDS · Accepted Answer

The remaining fuel is not sufficient to reach the destination with reserves intact

QuizVDS · Answer

At destination the required reserves remain intact.

QuizVDS · Answer

At departure the reserve fuel was 28 US gallons

QuizVDS · Answer

At the destination there will still be 30 US gallons in the tanks

Domanda 71, Flight Planning and Monitoring - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license