And then the whole classroom clapped

Ye! To reduce the validity of an AI because is uses if statements doesn't quite make sense to me. It's still 'thinking' per say, and many examples can 'think' in more complex nature than plants and some animals.

"you people", that's a generalisation based on what information?
That's uhhhh, another conclusion and you leapt at it.

Laughing ass massive oof

Who said a single nation had to do it? No one said "this is America's responsibility" in this thread, that's just you jumping to conclusions ¯\_(ツ)_/ ¯

Sorry, we appear to be confusing "so little that it endangers passengers lives- bare minimum" and the "legal bare minimum".
I was referring to the latter. The minimum amount of fuel a commercial aircraft can legally fly with (which accounts for more than "take off, fly and land"). That doesn't mean there's enough left over for a second take-off and land operation.
Anything less and something as simple as an emergency diversion can put passengers in danger. :)

They always take off with "enough" fuel. Bare minimum. This however does include, the journey, diversion fuel, fuel reserves, taxi-ing and emergency fuel. This is an aircrafts bare minimum. They can chose to fly with more as additional fuel, but aren't required.

"Frank Sinatra was refused service"
"So he's being held hostage!"
"N-no. They just aren't providing him with a service"
"So they're stealing his property!!"
That's how stupid you sound...