Originally Posted by
marie paire
Maybe not "many" professionals do it, but some do. A flight from Rio to Lisbon by a major airline landed in Lisbon with zero fuel and had to be towed out of the runway.
Apparently, in the late 90's MH pilots were pressured to carry as little fuel as possible to save money. I presume this no longer happens with the majors. Anyone has any stats on how common is it for pilots to declare low fuel?
In this case, had they not been put on hold, they would have landed and no one would know any better.