A Minimum Fuel Scenario..what would You do?

[Sawmill]

Define "minimum fuel"...because this is where you are confused or where they tried to trick you.
If what they meant was you didnt have enough fuel to go anywhere else, (meaning you broke regs already), then your choice is to not land, exhaust your fuel and crash OR break a few more regs, land and survive to see the rath of the FAA and anyone else who wants a peice of you. Either way, you should not be allowed in the front of an aircraft again.
Oh, and to answer your question, I would have stood up during the interview and b1tch-slapped the interviewer.

 

[VABB]

You are at minimum fuel, the nearest alternate is over 100 NM(which you certainly do NOT have enough fuel aboard to make it to)
You just went missed at a non-towered field because could not see anything at DH(or 100 abv TDZE),
wHAT DO YOU DO?

Duh, air-to-air refueling.

 

[CFIT]

When this question comes up on your next interview tell them that you would climb as high as possible until both engines flameout and that way you would have a greater glide distance to another field.

If you can get coffee to come out of the nose of the inteviewer that means you scored extra points.

 

[bailey3083]

Proper response is " How the hell did the F*cking Capt get us into this problem because at this point he/she is not listening to me or I am so ineffective as an F.O. I deserve to allow this to happen."

 

[ohplease!]

This has to be flame bait. Shut down an engine after going missed in hard IMC WTF ????

I'm sorry to say that we actually had an ATR Capt. shut down a perfectly good engine to descend through a cloud layer and then restart it once below the clouds because they had an prop anti-ice fault..

 

[Black Hawk]

Uhhhhhhhh....geeee........Land at the nearest suitable airport!?!?!

 

[Tarzan]

I'd declare, "We Ain't Missing" the next time around.

 

[Motorradfahrer]

In the timeless words of one of our esteemed former Mesa Captains when approaching to land in ROA

"Go-Around is NOT an option"

 

[zman]

the best option is to just close your eyes pull the power back and hope for the best

 

[Flyer1015]

When this question comes up on your next interview tell them that you would climb as high as possible until both engines flameout and that way you would have a greater glide distance to another field.

If you can get coffee to come out of the nose of the inteviewer that means you scored extra points.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA

:laugh:

 

[coltsfn8888]

Why not just shut down both engines? That way you would save double the fuel. Or you could always try and shoot the approach at full power. That way you'd probobly blow the fog out and lift the field above minimums and land safely.

 

[Fltlvls]

Why not just shut down both engines? That way you would save double the fuel. Or you could always try and shoot the approach at full power. That way you'd probobly blow the fog out and lift the field above minimums and land safely.

And use the "thrust " from the APU .....as a friend of mine said..we haven't left one up there yet...Just land the friggin airplane, pull the thrust back save as much as you can and land.. and as stated you should have never gotten in that situation to begin with and think outside the box a little bit. Don't crash a perfectly good airplane because you did not plan ahead.

 

[gto2002]

Gotta love radar alts

 

[PositionandHold]

Nevermind, beating a dead horse.

 

[Mookie]

In the timeless words of one of our esteemed former Mesa Captains when approaching to land in ROA

"Go-Around is NOT an option"

A buddy of mine was in the back of that ERJ for that one....sheeesh...

and please tell me you were joking about shutting down an engine???
Mookie