BOAC. My jibe at tea and biscuits was not predicated on how much fuel was loaded at departure, but on the decision of when to divert and being sure of the divert fuel figure given on the plog. I stand by my remark that big commercial pressure is there on contract pilots to leave it to the last minute for the reasons I gave. In a company where they put you up in a good hotel and pay you night stop allowance with no loss of earnings for the following day, I would suggest, creates a different mindset to someone is going to be well out of pocket and favour for diverting. It is also this same culture that promps folk to turn up at the briefing table clearly unfit for duty but there nevertheless for fear of losing money
Colgan was for some other governing agency to wake up to. We`ll need our own smoking hole before ours do.