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Old 14th Aug 2012, 06:45
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limelight
 
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Rocket Science?

Guys, this is not rocket science.

A half decent programmer can write a calculation program that asks pertinent questions to error check the fuel/TO calcs.

In the case of EK, a simple series of questions, like departure location, destination, aircraft type (for the AB guys who swap a lot), POB, windspeed would come back with an answer that can be compared with the crew calcs.

A simple result of 'very near' or 'miles out' would be returned.

Now, back to programming....
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