Originally Posted by
spannersatcx
Whenever the crew or passengers are onboard during refuelling operation, a headset must be connected to the nose wheel interphone connection and a qualified headset man of HAECO/CASL should be stand-by in the vicinity of nose gear. The procedure of refuelling with Passengers Onboard, Embarking or Disembarking should be strictly followed up.
I know Hong Kong Airlines has disciplined Captains for requesting compliance with the HKIA AOM policy. And they've failed upgrade candidates for giving the wrong answer to this question in their interview.
So its not 'esoteric bull****' for many.
Besides that, given the two recent major cargo fires during loading in HKIA you'd think it would be a good idea to have a manned headset during re-fuelling with Pax on board, especially if loading was going on too (as it most commonly would be).