Question for AAE boys
Been asked to post these questions to any AAE guys who fly the early morning MEL- LST - MEL sector.
When flying this sector how do u decide if you will require fuel at LST? Besides bad weather, is it a personal choice of the crew whether to carry extra fuel for return journey? If so, why do some choose to take fuel & not carry it? Do you know when you leave or before u leave MEL that you will require fuel? as some weeks no fuel is required and if it is required why cant they be notified earlier than 10 -15 minutes away from landing? |
I'll have a crack at explaining it. I'll just use round numbers.
When flying this sector how do u decide if you will require fuel at LST? Also that the fuel burnt flying to LST is 3 tonne. This gives you a maximum take-off weight of 56 tonne. Now if the aircraft with no fuel or freight weighs 35 tonne, that only leaves you with 21 tonne to play with, it can be made up of any combination of fuel and freight. So if you want to take off with seven tonne of fuel, thats fine but you can only carry 14 tonne of freight. Taking of with seven tonne would enable you to land with the right amount of fuel to go back with so everyone is happy. The operator buys the fuel for return flight at cheap ML prices and the ground crew don't have to roll up their sleeves etc....but what if there is 15 tonne of freight to take? That means the maximum fuel we can take is 6 tonne. If we took seven tonne we would be a tonne too heavy to land upon arrival in LST. Oh well, never mind, we'll just buy it when we get to LST:) That is a simplistic look at it with inaccurate figures but hopefully gives you an idea. There are a few other things that influence it like the weather and loading etc but I think you were just after a basic explanation yeah? is it a personal choice of the crew whether to carry extra fuel for return journey? Do you know when you leave or before u leave MEL that you will require fuel? if it is required why cant they be notified earlier than 10 -15 minutes away from landing? |
cheers,
I'll pass it on to them. |
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