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DE727UPS · September 30th, 2005, 01:51

What kind of low fuel warning? Only thing I've seen was an FMC message saying "insufficient fuel". First, I changed the fuel reserve number from 7K to 6K and it made the warning go away. But the flight plan called for 7K reserve. So that was sort of cheating (this was before takeoff, by the way). Then, I remembered I was supposed to enter the forcast winds into the FMC but never do because I'm lazy and it never mattered before. So I entered the forcast winds and changed the reserve fuel back to 7K and, whaaa lhaaa, the FMC was happy. Always nice to have a happy FMC, dontcha know.

A real low fuel warning, and I know we don't have a low fuel light on the 767, though it could be an EICAS message...anyhow, if that happened 2 hours into a 10 hour flight I'd be pretty sure it was bad indication or a REALLY bad fuel leak. You'd get into the checklist and do what it says. Lacking a firm indication that's it's a bad gage reading, I think landing at the nearest suitable would be prudent.

September 30th, 2005, 01:51	#6
DE727UPS Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 6,578	UPS doesn't fly 777's What kind of low fuel warning? Only thing I've seen was an FMC message saying "insufficient fuel". First, I changed the fuel reserve number from 7K to 6K and it made the warning go away. But the flight plan called for 7K reserve. So that was sort of cheating (this was before takeoff, by the way). Then, I remembered I was supposed to enter the forcast winds into the FMC but never do because I'm lazy and it never mattered before. So I entered the forcast winds and changed the reserve fuel back to 7K and, whaaa lhaaa, the FMC was happy. Always nice to have a happy FMC, dontcha know. A real low fuel warning, and I know we don't have a low fuel light on the 767, though it could be an EICAS message...anyhow, if that happened 2 hours into a 10 hour flight I'd be pretty sure it was bad indication or a REALLY bad fuel leak. You'd get into the checklist and do what it says. Lacking a firm indication that's it's a bad gage reading, I think landing at the nearest suitable would be prudent.