Human Factor.
I agree that this is a very worrying incident.
'If' they had been following normal Company policy and had been carrying minimum fuel then by the time they were making the second diversion to BHX they would be well into their final reserve fuel.
Clearly it would and will be fascinating to know how much fuel was on board when they eventually 'touched down' at BHX.
I believe that it will take an incident like this to prove that minimum fuel is just that and Company's have no real understanding of the pressure carrying it can have in certain situations.
So why do it, as you never know what's going to happen?
The questions remain 'How much fuel was actually left?' quite apart from what did happen at EMA.
I guess we will find out one day, when it suits 'them' to tell 'us'.
