Oakape, velocity was over the top for more than 39 mins, and had 2 cracks. their decision based on the 0902 taf for Mildura and the metars seems reasonable.
The system failed.......miserably.
As most know on here, the fuel policies for any airline are simply a box ticking excerise. The companY accountants and CEO's have zero appreciation of the true ramifications of an incident like this. So the lickers and climbers will continue to be on the phone to question crews integrities when it comes to fuel uplift.
I'm yet to see an absurd amount of fuel in tanks preflight!
I feel for the crews involved but the crazy thing is, the exact same thing could occur tomorrow morning.