Vocabulary: Fuel Emergencies

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This page includes a 13-card interactive flashcard deck. Here’s a taste:

• fuel emergency — A declared emergency because the fuel remaining will fall below the protected final reserve before landing.
• MAYDAY FUEL — The distress call for a fuel emergency. It tells ATC there may not be enough fuel even for a go-around.
• MINIMUM FUEL — An advisory to ATC that fuel is now low and no further delay can be accepted. It is not yet an emergency.

Members study all 13 cards — flip, shuffle and star them, and review each one with spaced repetition on the Study dashboard, timed for just before it fades.