Thomas Borchert wrote:
Stefan,

I didn't know that there was an emergency.


Now *they* ran out of fuel, which is an entirely different story.


There is something very simple at work he We're judging after the
fact. In one case, it worked out, in the other, it didn't. Thus, in
on case, some here are saying "Those pilots were ok to do what they
did" whereas in the other case everyone agrees the pilots were total
idiots. But the prerequisites for something bad happening were quite
similar in both cases. I don't think safety should be judged on
whether one got away with doing something not quite smart or not.

I don't agree here. The BA pilots made a concious decision to land
short of their final destination to avoid the risk of fuel exhaustion.
They landed with required reserves for all we know. The Hapag Lloyd
Pilots could have done the same, but didn't. The decision to carry on
with one engine short might be disputable from a risk management point
of view. Fuel management wasn't flawed at any point during the trip,
quite different from the Hapag Lloyd case. Your point would only hold,
if they had arrived in London (or in Manchester, for that matter) with
dry fuel tanks.

regards,
Friedrich

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