pilotday: Why do I suspect that you wouldn't be happy unless the fuel policy was: "Fill the wings and put the trip fuel in the centre" ?!
It would seem to me that, in this example, the (CAR-OPS) fuel policy, and fuel management & decision making (by the crew) worked admirably and that the outcome (landed safely) was never in doubt... therein the system (procedure, ATC, crew) all seem to have worked as designed... or did I miss something ?!