Phileas Fogg
Perhaps my airline’s policy differs from the scenario that you have put forth. Flight dispatch normally through a computer program has determined where when, and if it’s cheaper to do tankerage as there is more then the actual cost of the fuel to consider such as hook-up fee’s additional aircraft maintenance costs, operating costs etc. That is why I referred to the carriage of tankerage fuel as a science as the software program is designed to take into account all the various factors. If I recall correctly the rule of thumb that we use is 4% per 10,000# of tankerage fuel carried per hour whatever, as the flight plan tells us exactly how much it fuel it costs to carry the tankerage.
I would dump tankerage fuel in a heartbeat, as would any other Captain if I thought it was going to affect the safety of my operation.
Cheers..
Last edited by Tan; 16th Oct 2004 at 21:32.