On Nov 8, 2:24 pm, Nyal Williams
wrote:
One of the neworks had a program last week titled A
Day in the Life of American Airlines. They talked
about no longer ferrying fuel back and forth, but they
are not going to cut the margins enough to run out
of fuel; that way absolute bankruptcy lies. Imagine
the class-action suits!


no, they wont push it so far that they are sure to run out of gas, but
they will push it right to absolute minimum.

from the article:

"Take the case of Newark Liberty International, where in a six month
period in 2005 just five flights landed under minimum or low fuel
conditions. Compare that to a similar period in 2007 in which 73
flights came into Newark with minimum fuel. "

an increase of over 14 times in the course of a year. so the airline
is giving them minimum fuel and then if they encounter any sort of
delay they are cutting into thin reserves. apparently the captains
lack the necessary backbone to tell dispatch that they need more gas.
instead they just blindly follow company policy and whatever dispatch
tells them. so much for being the final authority for the safety of
flight. maybe they all just secretly want to be glider pilots.