Originally Posted by
joblow
, whilst I also like max thrust for TO it's too easy to monitor .
Think more in terms of missed approaches , if not stabilised then execute a missed approach . If every Capt did just one missed approach per month, well you do the fuel maths . Get your thinking caps on, you collectively need to make a statement but it has to make an impact to be heard. It's time to push Back hard to demonstrate that there is a cost of goodwill. .
Sadly I suspect that there is a small group with enough backbone to do something effective , the rest will simply carry on as usual bitching and moaning but not prepared to be a part of the solution .
Spoken like a true FO! Go arounds attract direct unwanted scrutiny, if you allow too many then you are not a worthy captain and something will be done. So it’s about playing smart joblow, extra gas every sector, stay low (FL280 below the jet coming back from Japan), full rev, no reti, no directs, OTP completely out the window if there’s any MEL because you need time to fully analyse the implications......they will see a direct increased cost attributed to their actions when next month’s costs are discussed at their round table! what we don’t need is for captains to sacrifice themselves by doing G/A’s.