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Old 14th June 2007 | 00:54
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411A
 
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Perth.
Having operated there many times years ago, in the good 'ole B707, we always (without exception) had diversion fuel to Learmouth plus one additional hour.
No exceptions.

And, yes, I diverted twice, due to fog at PER.
Extra fuel in your back pocket (so to speak) is part and parcel of the six P's.

Prior
Planning
Prevents
Pi**
Poor
Performance

Having only absolute minimum fuel overhead PER is many times just asking for trouble.
The company I worked for knew this.
I knew this...so it didn't happen.
End of story.

Additionally, planning a flight, any flight, on statistical averages of the weather, is folly in the extreme.
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