500Kg extra enough for 10-15mins extra holding, but added to cont of 15mins that gave us 25-30 mins for holding, kept at FL310 as opposed to a planned FL350 over 2hrs 40 mins, therefore burnt some of the extra fuel loaded , therefore by the time we had left the hold on heading 270 gone west for 15 miles then turned onto a heading of 080 for downwind, some flown at 180kts finally intercepting LOC at 16 miles, by the time we got on the ground we had just started to eat into our DIV fuel,which as you know is well below planned remaining which takes into account you have not burnt CONT fuel,in the event of a GO AROUND what would YOU have done? I can only agree with BOAC that it must be better sitting in the hold clean than being vectored all over the south of england!
Since CAT3 conditions were a prob 30 at 04.00 GMT (FCO something or other states that only prob40 should be used for fuel planning)and that by the time we arrived the forcast was for 9999 nil wind, can you perhaps give me the benefit of your vast experience and explain the decisions YOU would have made?
(figures quoted above are approximate, amount of holding time available depends on ambient wx conditions and aircraft weight, amongst other things!)
[This message has been edited by CRP5 (edited 17 May 2001).]