Errrrm, I think you’ll find that it didn’t matter how much longer the PIC would have had to think about “peeling off to an alternate” if he’d uploaded full fuel. The aircraft was never going to make it to an alternate after arriving at YSNF.
As you say, fuel has many marvellous effects. But it cannot break the laws of physics.
Last edited by Lead Balloon; 10th Dec 2017 at 19:43.