Quote from bugg smasher:
Top of descent fuel has been unsatisfactorily described as ‘adequate’, does anyone know the actual figure?
The AAIB didn't say it was 'top of descent' fuel that was adequate, they didn't qualify it at all, so one must assume they meant on board at the time of the accident, nothing else would make much sense. This should be enough to put an end to the theorising about BA's fuel policy.
I would love to know what else, if anything, happened on this flight, warnings, status messages etc, not to mention any MEL items, last maintenance and so on, but I guess I will have to try to be patient. My current view is that the crew played an absolute blinder, retracting one stage of flap on instinct may well have saved the day (or at least the boundary fence...), I hope this will still be the correct position after the final report is published.
GBNF