For all the experienced drivers out there and maybe the wanna be's... Wednesday is the 20th anniversary of the famous Gilni incident.
You don't remember it?
Well let's just say it occurred in the early days of the B767 and involved a Canadian crew grossly underestimating fuel requirements. The end result.... the crew using their training and experience to somehow get the heavy metal to glide.
The attached link is a good read
http://www.iasa.com.au/folders/Safet...mliGlider.html