Studi,
The situation of individual Airlines is clearly going to affect opinions on this.
You have indicated that you work for a successful airline in this industry, however there are a significant number that must fight for every penny to survive.
Take an airline with 10% of the figures you quoted (excluding the profit). That is
£1.3 million towards the profitability of the airline. That is a significant figure to airlines of this size whether their business model is flawed or not.
I also quite agree that airlines must also be looking elsewhere for savings but surely this should include fuel carriage given that fuel is one of the biggest costs to most airlines?
As I said before, as long as the company's fuel policy is followed and conditions permit, if it is not needed then why carry it given the cost implications?
If it is needed then, of course, it must be carried and perhaps documented if the airline requires.