...I eliminated fuel as a stressor yonks ago. I take what I need
for any sector on any given day - and to buggery with what the
bloody armchair experts at ops think or the silly "save fuel and
get rewarded" idiot games the flight dept pulls now and then.
I save fuel in other ways - usually enroute and keep an eye on
favorable winds other than optimum, and delaying engine start
on the roll with 2 guys pushing back ahead of me is another. Of
course there are other methods much safer than scoring browny
points for keeping fuel in the fuelling truck instead of the plane
where it belongs.
- When they're called air tanks iso fuel tanks I'll stuff 'em with
lousy Scotch and oily rags. Till then I'll take whatever go-juice
is needed to keep my arse safe and cope with the unexpected.
FOs like it because fuel is scrubbed off their cockpit stress list
when I'm around.