84WG 03-103 FUEL POLICY

Question 1

What is definition of taxi fuel? What is nominal amount?

Answer 1

• Fuel required for APU usage, engie start, Before TO procedures an taxi to TO position.
• 700 lbs

Question 2

When should taxi fuel be increased?

Answer 2

When taxi time is anticipated to be > 30 mins or APU usage is anticipated to exceed 60 mins.

Question 3

What is definition of flight fuel? When does icing need to be added?

Answer 3

• Fuel required for TO, depature, climib, cruise, descent to 1500 AGL overhead the destination or alterate from ETP (A)
• When foreast icing conditions are enroute.

Question 4

What is the definition of Contingency Fuel?

Answer 4

Increase in flight fuel required to permit diversion in the event of an engine failture or depressurisation.

Question 5

What is the definition of variable fuel reserve?

Answer 5

Fuel that is carried to cater for unplanned events or contingencies such as wx deviations, atospheric conditios, drag or fuel flow variance and enroute ATC restritions.

Question 6

What is defintion of destination alternate fuel (ALT)?

Answer 6

Fuel required to conduct a missed approach at destination then climb, cruise and descent to 1500 ft AGL overhead destination alternate.

Question 7

What is definition of approach fuel (APP)?

Answer 7

Approach fuel required to manoeuvre from 1500 ft above the airfield, configure and land.

Question 8

What is the definition of FFR?

Answer 8

Fuel that permits 30 mins holding over the destination or alterante airfield at 1500 ft.

Question 9

What is definition of Holding fuel (HOLD)

Answer 9

Fuel required for specified duration at destination or alternate airfield at 1500 ft at planned AC wieght and config.

Question 10

What is the definition of ADDIT fuel?

Answer 10

Additional fuel is the quantity of fuel above needed to comply.

Question 11

What is point of safe diversion (PSD)?

Answer 11

Most limiting point enroute from which diversion to an alternate airfield is possible, meeting inflight fuel requirements on all engines (while meeting inflight fuel requirements on all engines, three engines and despressurised).

Question 12

Equi-time point - 1 engine inop (ETP-1) defnition?

Answer 12

The point enroute from which the same fuel is required to proceed onward to destination or to suitable enroute alternate, considering failure of one engine.

Question 13

Equi-time point - Depressurised (ETP-D) definition?

Answer 13

The pont enroute from which the same fuel is required to proceed onward to destination or to an acceptable enroute alterate depressurised.

Question 14

Equi-time point - all engines (ETP-A) definition?

Answer 14

The point enroute from which same fuel is required to proceed onward to destinatioin or suitable alterate in normal conditions.

Question 15

What is the definition of remote island destination?

Answer 15

An airfield on an island destination where carrying fuel to a destination alternate is not possible. Due to remoteness and variable weather conditions associated with island destinations, additional fuel planning requiredments are specified.

Question 16

What is defintiion of domestic operations?

Answer 16

Operations within mainland Australia and extending to 200nm off the coastline. Typically no dipclears, reliable means of weather updates etc.

Question 17

What is the standard method of fuel calculations?

Answer 17

MilPlanner.

Question 18

How is flight fuel to be calculated?

Answer 18

Using an approved cruise profile from the Recommened Cruise Ceiling at Constant True Airspeed chart using mission/enviromental conditions.

Question 19

What contingincies must be planned for ?

Answer 19

1) Engine failure - Normal flight fuel calculated from departure to ETP-1 then from ETP-1 via great circle at LRC profile on 3 engines.
2) Depressurisation - Normal flight fuel calculated from depatreu to ETP-D then from ETP-D via great cirlc at LRC on 3 engines at 10,000 ft AMSL.

Question 19

When an alterante is required, when must sufficient fuel be carried?

Answer 19

To fly from overhead the destination to a suitable alterante airfield or alternatievly to permite diversion to enroute alternate airfield.

Question 19

How much additional fuel needs to be carried when operating to remote island destination?

Answer 19

60 mins of weather Hold fuel.

Question 20

What are minimum pre-flight fuel values for the following:
1) Taxi
2) APP
3) FFR
4) HOLD

Answer 20

1) 700 lbs
2) 1000 lbs
3) 2500 lbs
4) 4000 lbs

Question 21

What are pre-flight variable fuel values for:
1) AUS domestic or less than 800 nm flight distance?
2) All other?

Answer 21

1) 5% of flight fuel to a maximum of 1300
2) 10% of flight fuel to a max of 2600

Question 22

What are flight fuel values for:
1) Engine failure
2) Depressurisation
3) Enroute Alternate (when planned)

Answer 22

1) 5% of ETP-1 + Wx (suitable)
2) Weather (acceptable)
3) 5% or 10% + Wx + ATC

Question 23

When can you reduce in-flight values for:
1) APP
2) HOLD

Answer 23

1) When ex forecast at the alternate or destination for the ETA is CAVOK or better, xwind remains within normal range and a vis approach can be aexpected, APP may be reduced to 700 lbs
2) Holding fuel may be reduced to a value determine from the PDM using forecast condition NA FL200.

Question 24

When is captain to declare min fuel?

Answer 24

1) When anticipated that approach will be commenced with less than APP, FFR and any applicable HOLD fuel
2) An emergency is to be declared to ATC when < 30 mins of usable fuel will remain at the completion of landing roll.

Question 25

Where a fuel tank has an unserviceable FQI, the tank may only be fuelled and used inflight when?

Answer 25

1) All other FQI for tanks on the same side of cross ship are servicable
2) All engine FF indivations are servicable
3) FQ in that tank that is verified before TO by an acceptable procedure

Question 26

What additional requirements are placed if there is no fuel quantity for a given MAIN tank?

Answer 26

1) Only one main tank FQI is unservicable
2) FFR is increased by 1000 lbs
3) LOW FUEL STATE OPS are initiated at 8000 lbs remaining in the main tanks

Question 27

When refuelling what must be checked between fuel off loaded from re-fuelling tanker or bowser?

Answer 27

Discrepacny is 3% of planned fuel upload.