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Old 26th Feb 2024, 17:03
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Originally Posted by TURIN
From my own experience it's aircraft size dependent. Anything bigger than an A321 or a B757 usually either the refueller has full responsibility or the ground engineer/mechanic.
There are anomalies. AA air crew tend to look after their own refueling on a regular basis even with their bigger aircraft such as the 787.
I used the fly the 777 and would always have to operate the fuelling panel if we diverted. The steps were quite a way up obviously!

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