Originally Posted by
Capn Bloggs
There was a similar incident in the recent past about a CBR non-diversion that had a similar result involving a QF A330 at SYD.
Given the inconvenience of diverting one of these largish aircraft, it is surprising they were not carrying diversion fuel, especially when landing at Perth (the most isolated airprot in the world?) in the middle of the night after a flight from Singas.
The most important question here is, why is the regulator allowing operators to run around landing on fumes? I've sat down in TVL recently and found the previous crew shut down a 737-800 with just over 2 tonnes. Perfectly legal and within the policy but definitely not smart. There is ONE runway. That's it. CNS requires about 3.5 tonnes and the VAST majority of guys carry that but it's not required. We've now had 2 autolands in dodgy conditions and on fumes in the last year. Time for CASA to stand up and be counted.