Originally Posted by
The Riddler
It has always puzzled me as to why QF doesn't carry this fuel.
Once a QF flight passes its DPA (assuming a happy QF Capt who carries flight plan fuel only) then he has no fuel available for diversion.
Imagine the pucker factor when he is told by the tower to go around due to prior landing aircraft being disabled on the only available runway...
Thankfully many QF captains use their common sense when it comes to single runway destinations and carry diversion fuel anyway, regardless of the company's official policy.