Houston, do we have a problem?
It would seem to me (retired flt ops guy) that the crew would be getting some long-distance engineering help about the fuel management issue, long before the MAN diversion was decided. Wouldn't the best minds in the industry be following this OEI marathon, in real time?
I have NO criticism of the initial decision to carry on, because there are several precedents going back decades. But why did fuel management become such a black eye so late in the game?