The wording of the
question is just HORRENDOUS - almost certain to confuse!!
If you look at the
statement 'The holding is planned at 1 500 ft above
alternate elevation. The alternate elevation is 256 ft. The holding is planned
for 30 minutes with no reductions' this is FINAL RESERVE for a jet .... you must land with FINAL
RESERVE in your tanks.
It would be better if
they just got rid of that statement from the question!! (shame
we don’t write them…)
So, your landing mass
at alternate = DOM + TL + Final reserve fuel
Go to FIG 4.4, approx
holding mass 48000kg ... fuel flow 2280kg/hr, final reserve (30mins) 1140kg
Landing mass = 34000
+ 13000 + 1140 = 48140 kg