(EK) Disciplined for carrying fuel?
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When you swap one ton of payload with one ton of fuel, the only difference in burn will be due to a different CG and that will be negligible.
However, I do not think that EK flight-plans do take the effect of actual CG change upon burn into account.
Maybe they should, since it is an operational factor that is known and therefore must be covered by the trip fuel and not by the contingency fuel.
I guess from experience, on a very long flight, it could be a couple of tons.
However, I do not think that EK flight-plans do take the effect of actual CG change upon burn into account.
Maybe they should, since it is an operational factor that is known and therefore must be covered by the trip fuel and not by the contingency fuel.
I guess from experience, on a very long flight, it could be a couple of tons.
Last edited by Pitch Up Authority; 12th Apr 2010 at 09:49.