Originally Posted by
neville_nobody
But what if the fuel gauges showed more than enough fuel to fly to the destination? Which one do you believe?
From reading the prelim report this scenario is very possible.
I would have thought that good airmanship says you believe the warning light until it’s proved that the gauges are overstating FOB. I’m not sure about the certification basis of the particular aircraft, but aren’t steam driven fuel guages only required to be accurate when indicating ‘empty’?
And you seem to have overlooked the fact that inaccurate gauges were not entered in the maintenance documentation then signed off as having been repaired, or the subject of an exemption or PUS granted by CASA at short notice, before departure.
(Eddie’s a ringer off a station? Surprisingly deep knowledge of aircraft maintenance for a ‘ringer’...)