FACTS
One FACT is that economical pressure increases, ammount of extra fuel carried decreases. Flight planning is more accurate the last decade.
FICTION is that environmental forcecasts are always predictable, they aren´t.
There are and will be day´s where my guts feeling tells me to take another zip out of the hose to have something at the other end. It paid off most of the time. In some cases to have the Supersavers going ahead as they where so short you can hear the tension in the voice on the radio, for what reason?
It takes balls and bones to sustain the Beancounters, we are sure not wasters in our profession. The guys who are next generation managers are not the same breed anymore. They jump ship tomorrow for a better candy..... Loyalty to themselves and nothing more.