As other ppruners have mentioned, a fuel related incident really is the last thing the rat needs at the moment. If a hull loss were to be the result of A fuel exhaustion incident there would be no airline left to speak of.
The A team would have already worked out the statistical probability of a hull loss from lower fuel loads prior to the directive.
I wonder if all their stats take into account the other areas they are also running stats on.
There must be a compound factor?
Low fuel, outsourced maintenance, Lower experience, less training, crew fatigue, minimum cabin crew.
Holes in the cheese anyone?