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Old 23rd Jan 2014, 11:21
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Ovation
 
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Flight planning from my perspective is choosing refuelling stops that have a swipe bowser. There can't be any justification to charge multiple fees when the aircraft are lined up waiting.

Some posters allude to the fact that it's the call-out fee that feeds the refuellers family, which really is crap. They would be on a wage paid from the fuel sale, and pilots have always been a captive audience when it comes to price.

The call out fee must be a lucrative income, considering the vocal resistance when there is any mention of installing swipe bowsers.
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