Another from 411a's fund of anecdotes, giving his own, fortunately unique, view of the aviation world.
He appears to have omitted some important details that would have helped those of us who have flown large jets understand this event better.
How on earth does a L1011 taxi with a lateral fuel imbalance of 23 tons as stated, even if the ground refueller has screwed up and tried to hide it?
What gauge readings was the F/E looking at on his panel after refuelling?
Did the Captain not check the fuel distribution before signing the tech log?
Perhaps 411a will enlighten us with more details. Until then I remain unconvinced.
Whilst I normally agree with most of what Capt Stable writes, any NHP in my airline who looks out of the cockpit at DH for visual reference, rather than monitoring the approach on instruments as required, will shortly be back on training!
Bad practice having both pilots looking out at DH, as numerous accidents testify to.