Capt Bloggs,
We generally always load the full Star before departure. That is the company standard. You load what you expect to get. You can always change it if cleared differently. (Having said that, our filed ATC plan also includes the expected STAR. This is only recently though.)
I like doing it because it gives a very accurate fuel over destination.
I think to call it poor airmanship is a little extreme given that it seems quite the norm in some other airlines.
In fact, mostly we load the STAR for the next sector in the secondary. Our turn-arounds are very tight and we do as much as we can on the way there. On landing we just activate secondary. Everything is there, perf, winds, etc etc. It gives a very accurate trip fuel, which is useful for refuelling (which we do ourselves). This is standard procedure.
Last edited by kellykelpie; 3rd Oct 2006 at 11:46.
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