This on top of the fact that some of the fuel you pay for never makes your fuel tank but gets sold off by the mechanics (traditionally in charge of refuelling) in cooperation with the fuel truck drivers.
Hi Islandflyer , true , and they may cover excess fuel for a time but I have also found that these guys get so greedy they won't want to miss out on their fuel commissions also.
The operation will start running soon a few months from now so we'll see if my theory is correct.
The good part is we have an expat check and training captain for 6 months and that will give a good baseline for what's normal.