I can well imagine the despatcher trying to get numbers out of the Capt who was too busy whooping it up with the pax and not having time to give a proper answer. "Ah! Just use the figures we did last time!" or similar. And so the numbers just got made up. Or he simply dug out the previous plan and re-dated it. All perfectly feasible.
Speculation I know, but then all of this is as the protagonists are all dead bar the brave Celia.
Let's see the previous flight plans first and note the similarities.
Re the word "Autonomy". To avoid confusion could we please use normal English and refer to this correctly as "Endurance"? Autonomy is the sort of completely inappropriate but not quite completely incorrect word an autotranslator comes out with.
An aircraft's flight time available is called "Endurance". Everyone understands that word, because it conveys the correct meaning, autonomy has no such meaning - it means self-governing or independent operation. Plus it is never used in normal English.
Please?
Last edited by T28B; 4th Dec 2016 at 12:31.
Reason: Insulting due to gender removed