I have great trouble with the efficacy of this article.
Pilots are also taught to burn 770 US gallons of fuel per hour, compared with the 1,100 gallons burnt per hour by Malaysia Airlines.
In a world where jet engine design is a mature technology and a 1% reduction in fuel burn is a landmark improvement, burning 30% less fuel on the same aircraft is simply not possible. Unless of course Malaysian airlines pilots fly everywhere at FL250 and mach 0.9.
The other comment,
The aircraft only received permission to abort the landing at the last minute
is simply yet another confirmation of the overwhelming ignorance of the Press, and in turn the public, on what we actually do for a living.