Back on BA Classic 747 days, management decided to have an initiative against the unnecessary carriage of excess fuel. One particular Captain was routinely carrying an extra 5 tons and despite no end of blandishments over tea and biscuits, letters of re proof etc continued to freight fuel across the world. The final chapter of this saga was when the Flight Manager received an early morning phone call from this Captain. The conversation went like this
” Good morning John, I thought I’d let you know that I decided to take Flight plan fuel into LHR this morning”
Hello Bill, That really is excellent news .. well done!
” Yes and `I’m speaking to you from the hotel in Manchester”
Names have been changed to protect the innocent🧑🏼✈️
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