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Old 22nd Oct 2010, 05:18
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halas
 
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Don't worry about the letter Bone. Many others have received one.

If ever l get one, l know in the diary l keep of my flights, there will always be justification for extra fuel uplifted. And l reckon it would be a long shot that you would ever be called in to the office to explain your decision making on fuel.

Classic was two days ago. Operating from the far far east for arrival at 0500 in DXB and looking at the forecast, l added a reasonable extra contingency as there was NONE on the OFP. Got held below FL320 the whole way and used the whole frigging lot, but luckily the WX in DXB wasn't so bad.
The annoying part was opening the portal when l got home to confirm the flight hours, and there was an email from VPNC advising that extra fuel should be carried on flights arriving when l did, sent before the OFP was produced.
It's interesting that the VP sees extra fuel as beneficial, but there is no communication to those who may need to uplift it.

In the end it's all academic, as no-one knows whats going to happen, but you can make an educated guess.

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