Well how about some actiual numbers? What did this pilot actually arrive with in terms of minutes remaining? Does the respectable company have a respectable minimum planned landing fuel? Does the company have a procedure for declaring "minimum fuel" prior to go going to PAN, then full emergency status? Does the company share flight dispatch and flight following responsibility between the Captain and the Dispatcher? Did the Dispatcher know the fuel level of the inbound aircraft? He could have declared an emerency for the aircraft. Or perhaps the airline has a hard line towards the Captains ordering more fuel than the company deems necessary. Perhaps that Captain wanted more gas, but knew he would be "montiored" by the Fuel Nazis - they are alive and well at some airlines. How much support does the respectable airline really give to "Captain's Authority"?
Lots of ways to see how this could have happened. Not much point in debating this though since some total pillock in Arizona has already got it all figured out.
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