On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 08:04:40 -0400, "Peter R."
wrote:

Jon Kraus wrote:

I wonder what would have happened if he would have called 30 minutes
before running out of gas and had the Coast Guard giving him "Flight
Following"

That would assume he *knew* he had only 30 minutes of fuel left.

If you listen to the ATC tapes (link posted elsewhere in this thread),
he knew he was low on fuel. He indicates that he had run one tank
dry, and only had 3-6 gallons left in the other tank.

Sure it's armchair QB'ing, but at this point, he should have been
relaying exact position and asking for the USCG chopper/ships to be
rolling.

-Nathan