Originally Posted by
rattletrap
How do we know the same a/c experienced a compressor stall in the right engine 2 days earlier/
Err, perhaps it was reported?
....and that US Airways prefers a pilot to carry less than full fuel....
No operator, military or civilian carries more fuel than needed for the leg with one exception. It would be frankly irresponsible to carry, say, 5hrs fuel for a 2 hr 30 min sector. The exception is where there is a large price advantage in carrying cheap fuel through an expensive destination - not applicable in the US I would have thought.
would condensation be a factor? Could an engine go through a series of stalls from water contamination in the fuel and be damaged to the point that the damage is not noticed until tasked?
And the relevance of this?