Rocky Stevens wrote in news:75a8ba62-800d-42bc-
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On Aug 10, 1:07 am, "Viperdoc" wrote:
Good point- but where was your response? Why not just answer Anthony's
question rather than respond to mine?

Yeah, you have a point. As I mentioned in another thread I am a bit of
a hypocrite; most of my posts on this group are a reaction to a
reaction to Anthony, so it ain't like I'm contributing a whole lot of
relevant stuff myself. That being said, I did respond with what I
thought was a pretty interesting link (airlines running lower on fuel
to save $$) since the OP asked about the cost savings of carrying a
minimal amount of fuel.

I couldn't answer the question directly because the only "method" I
have is telling my instructor if the tanks are not full on preflight,
and then the fuel fairies come and fill the tanks. I could have given
a textbook answer involving GPH and calculating winds and whatnot, but
I am pretty sure the OP is interested in what pilots do in the real
world.


They start with the textbook and add experience you fool.