FUEL REMAINING BECOMES CRITICAL DUE TO AMENDED CLRNC ALT CHANGE AND RADAR VECTORING. CPR PIC DECLARES A MINIMUM FUEL STATE FOR PRIORITY HANDLING.

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CPR JET ENRTE FROM NICE; FRANCE TO TETERBORO ARPT; NJ. FUEL ON BOARD WAS FUEL TO DEST (TEB) PLUS FUEL TO ALTERNATE (EWR) PLUS RESERVE (45 MINS). BEFORE DSCNT; CREW ASKED ZBW IF THERE WOULD BE ANY DELAYS ON DSCNT INTO TEB AND ASKED TO REMAIN AT ALT TO CONSERVE FUEL. ZBW SAID 'NO DELAYS; WILL KEEP YOU AT ALT BUT EXPECT FL240 AROUND ALBANY.' THIS WOULD BE NO PROB AND WE WOULD NOT GET INTO REQUIRED RESERVES. APPROX 200 NM FROM DEST; ZBW NOW WANTS US TO START OUR DSCNT; SO WE START A SLOW DSCNT (STILL NO PROB). NEXT CTLR WANTS US DOWN TO FL190 AND WERE STILL 160 NM FROM TEB (THIS NOW IS A PROB BECAUSE IT WILL CUT INTO OUR REQUIRED RESERVES). WE ASK TO STAY HIGHER; BUT THEY SAY 'NO' AND NOW TURN US TO THE WNW FOR DSCNT. THIS CREATES EVEN MORE DELAY AND MORE USE OF REQUIRED RESERVES. WE THEN TELL ZBW WE ARE MINIMUM FUEL REQUIRED AND ARE IMMEDIATELY TOLD 'STOP DSCNT AT FL260' AND TURNED TOWARDS DEST. THEN NORMAL DSCNT LEVELS WERE GIVEN INTO TEB. NO EMER OR LOW FUEL WAS DECLARED OR NEEDED. WE LANDED AT TEB WITH APPROX 1 HR FUEL REMAINING. TO PREVENT THIS PROB; WE COULD ALWAYS CARRY MORE FUEL THAN IS REQUIRED BUT THAT IS NOT ALWAYS FEASIBLE. ZBW AND ZNY HAVE FLOW PROCS THAT GIVE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO ACFT USING THE MAJOR ARPTS BUT NOT THE SMALLER ARPTS. ALL TFC SHOULD BE GIVEN THE SAME TREATMENT. PROCS ARE FINE BUT WHEN TFC PERMITS; AND APPARENTLY IT DID THIS DAY; THE ACFT SHOULD BE GIVEN THE RTE OR ALT THEY REQUEST.