(PDF) Emergency and Minimum Fuel Declarations into EWR

We found that minimum and emergency fuel declarations had increased on flights into the Newark area; however, there were no instances where aircraft landed with fuel levels below those required by FAA (based on the 20 flights we reviewed). The increases were attributable to several factors, including differences in pilot and controller interpretation of minimum and emergency fuel declarations and air carrier use of smaller planes on international routes. FAA has begun reviewing these… (www.oig.dot.gov) さらに...