Originally Posted by
ShyTorque
Not when they make you join the queue of taxying fixed wing for a runway you don't actually need or want to use and are then obliged to allow for vortex wake separation. An extra fifteen or twenty minutes burning and turning prior to departure certainly doesn't save fuel. Sometimes a significant part our planned fuel reserve is used up before we even get to take off.
And then you add a bit on because it’s rush hour at Aberdeen and the customer has taken every kg of payload, only to be cleared straight on.
