Originally Posted by
student88
It's not about loading less fuel than you need, it's to try and stop the people who take extra fuel for no justifiable reason.
I've seen it countless times, people scratching around for a vague, tenuous and unjustifiable reason to take an extra 500 kgs which just sits there unburnt in the tanks on arrival on a CAVOK day. It costs the business money, it's unprofessional and it's bad for the environment.
BA will never stop you from taking extra fuel when you need it. Period.
I agree with you on paper that its bad looking, but im not sure i get the issue at the end(might be on a big scale number when everyone does it? The size and ops of planes which at my level is not yet a thing to consider?) my issue is that the fuel doesnt magically disappears, next leg you still have it in and the top up is not as much for the fuel you will need.
E.G. One pilot needs 8 to do the flight, but brings 10, the next leg on the plane needs 7 so the next pilot only top up 5