A group of passengers plans a day VFR helicopter flight from a heliport in a populated area to a non-hostile destination heliport. Later, they decide to depart from a helipad outside the town, while the destination and trip distance remain the same. How does this change affect the contingency fuel required?
According to EASA AIR OPS - AMC1 CAT.OP.MPA.191(b)&(c) Fuel/energy scheme — fuel/energy planning and in-flight re-planning policy —helicopters:
PLANNING CRITERIA
(a) The pre-flight calculation of the required usable fuel to be carried on board should include the following:
(3) contingency fuel, which should be:
(i) for IFR flights, or for VFR flights in a hostile environment, 10% of the planned trip fuel; or
(ii) for VFR flights in a non-hostile environment, 5% of the planned trip fuel;
Initially, the VFR flight was planned from a heliport in a hostile environment (populated area), where the contingency fuel is 10% of the planned trip fuel. But later, the VFR flight was planned from a heliport in a non-hostile environment (helipad outside the town), where the contingency fuel is 5% of the planned trip fuel. Therefore, the contingnecy fuel reduces to 5% of the planned trip fuel.
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