Are most airlines requiring fuel uplift calculations by crew
All the crew at my previous company were doing at least a rough calculation to add the uplift to fuel remaining to see if it equalled or was close to the new fuel load as a confirmation that the gauges are accurate.
5,000 litres was about 9000 lbs using a formula of double minus 10% and then adding it to the fuel remaining from the last flight which was in the logbook.
Then I got hired by an international airline and it does not seem to be done by the crew(although perhaps the fueller does it). Is it standard for most airlines to require the crew to do this?
Last edited by JammedStab; 29th Jul 2013 at 14:50.