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Old 18th Jul 2013, 10:23
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gazumped
 
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What gentleman the virgin crew were!

How polite of virgin to allow the qantas guys in first!

Is it it normal procedure to bust minima by 150' with close to 30 minutes spare fuel above fixed reserve? Surely that is not a fuel emergency! Some extremely embarrassing questions will surely ensue.

Also heard that the qantas guys fuelled up and departed, so push a real fuel emergency aircraft further down the sequence, bust minima with over an hour in tanks, fuel up and leave....... what sort of normal ops is that?

Awaiting comments!

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