Originally Posted by
betpump5
Why anyone (especially those with a Red Lanyard) was taking more than Flight Plan fuel is beyond me. During bad wx,we get extra. During good weather, its performance based contingency. If you divert, let the company deal with the knock on effects.
Taking more than FP Fuel is not good for Contract Compliance.
Is that how simple it is, really?
It's that attitude that's helping the company turn us into complete button pushers.
What if they don't give you extra and you're given a close in alternate at a place where the TAFs are not very dependable, like HKG, SIN, KUL, CGK, SGN, etc Then what? Do you then use your red lanyard and pray to god that all goes well because you were too stupid to use your brain for once and load more than CFP?