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Old 19th June 2003 | 05:07
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fireflybob
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I must say that I am almost in total agreement with 411A in this case.

I realise that circumstances do vary but anyone who plans to arrive at places like LHR on Min fuel has got to be on a different planet!

I wonder how long it will be before there will be some sort of major incident/accident caused by this type of fuel "planning".

Just over ten years ago I was operating flights from Papua New Guinea to Australian destinations such as Sydney. The NOTAMs for Sydney at the time stated that an extra ONE hours holding fuel had to be carried to SYD as a destination - no ifs or buts. Why cannot the UK authorities do likewise?

There is a thread running on ATC which is of further interest on this topic - here is the link:-

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