Originally Posted by
GlueBall
Airbubba says:
My experience in flying four-engine jets has always been a case of EXCESS fuel burn with an engine shutdown, and I had never heard of any crews shutting down "one or two motors at a time to save gas."
My dad related the same on a Delta DC-7 flight from NY to Arizona in the '50s - both inboards shut down to save fuel - his first flight - was not happy!