Situation Questions

Question 1

I am your capitan, I tell you I am a high-mins Crewmembers, what does that mean?

Answer 1

You have to add 100ft and 1/2sm to your landing mins

Question 2

Ok I forgot to tell you I was a captain for a 767 with the company and have 3000 hours with the company, does that change anything?

Answer 2

Yes you can decrease the time by half by substituting 1 landing for 1 hour up to 50%

Question 3

What are the fuel requirements for today’s flight?

Answer 3

Fuel from departure to destination, plus 45 min at normal cruise

Question 4

What other rule for fuel is required?

Answer 4

Delays, approach, missed approach

Question 5

For a flag carrier, what is the fuel requirement?

Answer 5

Fuel to your destination plus 10% fuel for the most distant alternate airport, 30 min holding at 1500ft AGL

Question 6

Explain the 10% rule and how it works.

Answer 6

If your flight is 7 hours you do 7x60=420min
10% of 420=42

So you add 42 extra minutes of fuel onboard the aircraft

Question 7

What is planned redispatch?

Answer 7

Allowes the dispatcher to dispatch the flight to a point in space and then redispatch it to its intended destination if it has the fuel onboard, if not it will land at a predetermined airport.

Question 8

If a flight has no alternative airport listed what is the fuel requirement?

Answer 8

Must have enough fuel to get to the destination plus 2hrs at normal cruise