Nigel and Carnage
Please read some things Antigua wrote on this thread.
This isn't a futuristic fantasy,this is here and now, and almost certainly happened today.
We are frequently weight limited out of there and cannot carry anything other than minimum LEGAL fuel.
That's worst case, BUT it is legal, it is increasingly normal, AND IT IS WHAT OUR COMPANIES WANT US TO DO!
We have a new fuel flight planning system in BA that is even meaner than the old one with trip fuel.LGW is the alternate, but if you are banished to a hold that option usually disappears after one or two turns.
Nigel
You didn't say BA carry sparse amounts of holding fuel,but your colleague above seems to be doing so. I'm only going on what has been written here, nothing else.I just don't think his actions are sensible from how he is describing the situation.
Nigel and Carnage
Of course nobody carries extra fuel for no good reason - BUT,
given the above and the thoughts of others on this thread it seems to me that a bit more, more often,is entirely justified!
Regards