Originally Posted by
CW247
I can see how this can happen, 5 sectors a day, OCC to OCC miscommunication, EFB fatigue, fuel tanking confusion. Not an easy operation.
This has happened multiple times elsewhere, including on mainstream European routes. It always happens with wet-leased subcharters, and the crew always know where they are going and have the right fuel, the flight plan has been filed for there, but it's wrong for where the passengers have been loaded for. Two lots of dispatching, one by the operating carrier and one by the commercial airline they are doing the work for. It especially seems to occur where the crew have been told they are to do two consecutive round trips to the same place, but it's actually one to there, then a second elsewhere. Wet leased from an overseas operator normally means the flight crew do not make PA announcements, these being done by local cabin staff. Looks amusing but not an issue. It's also generally characterised by journalists reporting it completely wrong, making descriptions up, etc.