Originally Posted by
Check Airman
We check via the fuel indication on the ECAM/EICAS. Not sure why I’d be concerned with how much fuel had to be added to reach the required quantity. Does your company require that?
In forty years fuelling aeroplanes from all over the world, multiple types, airlines and NAA regulators, every single one has required a fuel discrepancy check of some sort.
Typically a cross check between the planned uplift: Fuel qty required minus fuel on board before refuelling, and the actual uplift adjusted from a volume (litres) to a weight (KGs or Lbs).
The difference between the two has to be within a set tolerance. On larger aircraft it was dependant on total fuel load, on the smaller types it was a standard amount EG 350KGs.
If it was out of tolerance then a stick/drip check was performed.
I honestly thought this was standard procedure across the world.