I think this questionaire answers the question of my motive and asks a number of the right questions. ( In reference to Ryanair tankering threads, As we know fuel tankering is different from taking extra contingency fuel. Nothing to do with tankering for economical reasons.Different issue. ) . For example , contigency fuel.ATC in Spain are not giving shortcuts and there are labour issues there.
There is a question of comfort level, and if the Captain wants to assume the extra stress of taking flight plan fuel only or not. That buffer of two or three hundred extra hundred kilos of fuel has saved me more than once from diverting or commiting to my destination.
As the price of fuel goes up again so will the pressure to not take extra fuel.
Here is the IFALPA fuel questionaire and the link
Fuel Questionnaire
¨"Question1 Is fuel saving a structured process in your airline?
Question 2 How is fuel price information in your airline published to operating crew?
Question 3 What is the role of the dispatcher in fuel load choices?
Question 4 Are there complaints regarding the fuel policy in your airline?
Question 5 Are you required to fill out mandatory reports of extra fuel carried?
Question 6 Do you as a pilot think you should have more or less authority over the amount of fuel loaded?
Question 7 Could you relate one or more fuel related incidents that you have knowledge of?"