In my eyes, the KRO reporter looked a complete ****. Firstly, he assumed that his facts were correct. His first stumbling block was the (30 minutes) final reserve fuel. It has to be there only before departure. It can be burnt. If it looks like you are going to burn it, you declare an emergency. The RYR guys in question did just that. As for extra fuel, it generally only ever extends the holding time. It's a commercial risk, not a safety one. It's the job of the pilots to manage these risks. As for the fuel league tables, who knows? If they are for fuel burnt (which I suspect they are are), then again MOL scores a point. If they are about carrying extra fuel, then that's different but again, is that a safety issue? It's only when guys are fired as a result of being on the wrong end of a table that it becomes a safety issue. Finally, you have to be very naive to believe MOL would accept anybody's word that the guys in the darkened rooms were his pilots. You can not publicly criticise MOL AND keep your job.
PM