PAX & Fuelling
I work as a Fueller and on a daily basis fuel while Pax are on board..
We have this situation because airlines do not control turnarounds.
We arrive normally 1 hour before Dep. to fuel, the major problem is that we end up waiting for final figs.from crews in this time they are boarding PAX in the hope of leaving "on time".
Fuelling with Pax on board while become more frequent as airlines demand shorter turn around times.!!!! "IF" we ever see a turn round plan it would be great for safety but would mean longer turn arounds, and not sure that some low cost carriers would like this idea!
As a side, surely it would be better to fuel while pax are exiting,as if something did go wrong they are at least facing the right way go evacuate???