Why on earth should a maximum of 5 minutes extra holding cause such distress?
Good question !
I wonder how many of those who did suffer distress would care to describe their pre-flight fuel calculations and reasoning in this specific case, and to what extent company policy played any part.
I've started a separate thread entitled "How much fuel do you carry ?" to avoid clogging this one. This can be found in the Tech Log forum.
A question which won't receive many/any replies, I anticipate.