Schib,
How is pointing out things have changed since you left annoying? YOU have the annoying habit of talking authoritatvley about a Company you no longer work for and have a chip on your shoulder about.
Here were your words:-
Instead they just have to plan minimum and write "consider extra fuel for..."
This has changed significantly recently, and we are OFTEN given extra fuel.
you probably also don't bother to read the comments on the CFP. Dispatchers would normally write something in case they calculated extra fuel.
Yes I do- "For holding due peak arrival" is a favourite- 1:30 BEFORE the 1am peak!
I'm NOT critisizing the dispatchers, and any time they want to give me extra fuel, that's fine. But so is any time
I want to give me extra fuel.