VIR A340 LHR-HKG FUEL MANAGEMENT INCIDENT
To those of you that take a pro-active and serious approach the the work that you undertake in Operations or Flight Dispatch, I urge you all to read this.
I believe that an extra set of eyes from the ground, monitoring inflight events via ACMS could have made this occurence avoidable.
The safety enhancement that regulated flight dispatch or operations control can bring are now too compelling for Aviation Authorites and Airlines operators to ignor in areas of both safety and financial impact.
It is argueable that had this flight been subject to FAA regulations this event may never have happened at all. Maybe others could have been avoided ..............Avianca JFK ............ A300 VIE .............. Incorrect power settings DC10 PIK etc etc.
Regards
EM
EM