Originally Posted by Fuji Abound
Bose orginally was saying he flew airways for better fuel management and better routing. He then said it was for a higher routing to extend the glide distance over the channel, but this was a side effect not an intention.
First read of this thread and immediately it is obvious you are deliberately misrepresenting what bose wrote
The "side effect" was the increased level of service IFR, not the increased glide range; which was
obviously the intention.