Yes that's even part of the verbal/written test. You have to calculate fuel requirements to different distances and they give you options that would be technic

Yes that's even part of the verbal/written test. You have to calculate fuel requirements to different distances and they give you options that would be technically right but check to see if you pick the conservative approach in the event of this very situation. If you want to see how many people toss that knowledge out the window listen to some of the videos at VASAvation [1] and instead choose to land on freeways, city streets, farm fields, etc... Not all of them are due to fuel, but some are. [1] - https://www.youtube.com/c/VASAviation/videos https://www.youtube.com/c/VASAviation/videos