Jaba, usually you make complete sense in what you post, and I always read your posts. However, you are over your head with previous couple. What they were thinking is what was reasonable given the information to hand, the company policy and their experience and the Regs. I suggest If you don't want to travel RPT, you don't. Perhaps you could start your own airline, and advertise the fact you carry more fuel than anyone else. Under your logic, you'll be a hit. But I won't be financing it.......
OTOH, maybe you could do the figures on using MEL as an alternate based on that forecast. Oh wait, it required an alternate itself. Or holding till at least 2300. Go work that out and come back to us. Oh and don't forget you have MLW at ADL to contend with if you decide to carry it all........
Last edited by porch monkey; 20th Jul 2013 at 01:53.