''Ryanair are simply not flying around with less fuel than is required by law, wth all the anti Ryanair publicity doing the rounds do you think that the authority's within EASA are not going to check ? my guess is that the authorities are doing regular ramp checks and finding that Ryanair are within the regulations.......Just !''
The minimums are just that - the minimum fuel required to complete the task within the regulations. The problem is that these minimums have become the targets for many airline managers - just like the FTLs. If the minimum becomes the norm and saftey is compromised then it's time for the authorities to grow some balls and raise the minimums. Low cost (cheap) operators will complain, but if it's seen that they can't adequately regulate their own operation within common sense parameters then they only have themselves to blame.