jim
You are right - doesnt help inflight fuel but some folks think that the MTOW is the push back weight - thus by not adding in the long ish taxi fuel some guys will be cutting them selves short at the gate.. that was what I was trying to allude to... I hope that most chaps are sharper than that but having actually not hit the limits on this one yet.. not sure if the load sheet will run if you put ramp fuel and ZFW such that they exceed MTOW and get a load sheet to run... unless I am bit slow too.??
WJA