Originally Posted by
hueyracer
It is difficult to understand someone's requirement to use a "rule of thumb" (because that is all he has got on hand where he is) if you are flying in the North Sea with all Bells and whistles, even with ground crew preparing your load manifest for you and delivering it to your cockpit with a steaming mug of Joe's!
(exaggerating for dramatic effect).
Oh come on! The North Sea is nothing like that at all!
We have to take our own coffee to the aircraft.