Re:In emergency cases a passenger was selected and thrown ou...
by bruceboughton on Friday August 30, 2013 @11:57AM
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It may be designed to be sufficient but you still have to declare a fuel emergency if you fall below it so it is not a normal event.
The only exception that airlines will sometimes do is to juggle around destination and alternate airports so that they can save some fuel on that (you have to have enough fuel to reach an alternate airport, and then 45 minutes in addition to that).