Originally Posted by
Basil
Credit where it's due, BGR do a very quick refuel turnround.
And in the old days they would give the crew lobsters as a reward for choosing their airport as a fuel stop.
There weren't enough for the pax so you had to be discreet when sneaking them up the stairs into the cabin. It might have the look of impropriety, kinda like the C-5's that used to make lobster runs to Navy Brunswick in Maine until someone complained.
Originally Posted by
JammedStab
One has to wonder what they did to burn up so much gas. Descend to FL200 for an extension and retraction?
From an old Boeing B-763 manual:
The first item is:
FLAP LEVER - CHECK
Ensure flap lever in desired flap setting detent. If placing flap lever in appropriate detent extinguishes LEADING EDGE light and LE SLAT DISAGREE message, continue normal operation.
However, if they indeed had LE SLAT ASYM instead, there is a warning not to use FMC fuel predictions and after turning on the igniters (this checklist presumes you are about to land) the next step is
Maybe at that point they noticed that the flap lever was slightly out of the up detent. They wiggled the handle and all the bad indications disappeared would be my guess.
Sounds like they took some turns in holding with Shannon before going oceanic to make sure that they had done the proper groupthink exercise with the dispatcher, subject matter expert, maintenance, crew scheduler and van driver.
By the time everyone had weighed in with an opinion maybe the '76 had burned enough fuel to require an extra stop after the crossing.
I doubt that they descended to FL200, however there is a warning about not exceeding placard flap speeds and max altitude for flaps and slats extended is FL200.
Also, you would think that if there really were a leading edge asymmetry, you would see it on the yoke in level flight and it would be visible through the cabin windows.