Carnage_Matey,
Arrogance is so unbecoming...
I haven't a clue who
BOAC is (and notwithstanding the fact you may be best of buddies....) but I'd be surprised if he doesn't make a darn site more fuel decisions than your good self being a short/medium haul pilot, perhaps?
Which means the potential to get it wrong far exceeds the potential of
you getting it wrong in your big shiny four-engined monster!
How many sectors do you do a year? 50? 60? 100?
How about 5-600/year for your numerous short-haul colleagues who negotiate the same congested European airfields...
Maybe if you read this thread
JFK wouldn't catch you out so often?
However, question for
BOAC....
Back in Post #5 you state (discussion about landing with "E" only):
Edit for Blackmail - Case 2 is not normal procedure in the UK. Telling ATC you are committed to LGW will do nothing (in theory). There is a chance the runway can be blocked by an evacuation or tyre burst. Case 3 is not applicable in the UK - in both cases, in the UK, it is Pan or Mayday or just get on with it.
Our OM allow us to burn into our "D" fuel and commit to the destination airfield if three conditions are satisfied, one of which is an EAT.
You suggest this is not
standard practise in the UK and is not
Virgin SOP?
Is that true?
Comments anyone?