AA55 low fuel stop at goose bay AFB

[WHBM]

Originally Posted by TightSlot

I guess what I'm trying to say is that you can't mandate an airline to operate a particular type on a particular route unless there is a safety issue

No. But the CAA could require that if you can't achieve the schedule more than, say, 98% of the time without being forced ino a stop, then you should advertise such a possibility in your schedules. That's some 7 times a year. From what I hear several of the 757 routes are stopping much more than that.

I'm really, really not spoiling for a disagreement on this one WHBM

Indeed not TS - its just since US carriers started drafting 757s onto Transatlantic routes there has been a great expansion in unscheduled and disruptive fuel stops by these aircraft on the extremes of their range, previously unknown. It doesn't do the business any credit.