They gave us lotsastuff .. which was all very good ... but, with forecasting which left a bit to be desired and in the GAFA navigational wilderness, we ended up having to make up most of what we did on the fly, as it were ....
I never flew the Diesel 9 but I gather that the boys on that were always interested in fuel remaining and paid much attention to wind gradients and just what level they ought to be re the latter to maximise the former.