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flyover · September 7th, 2004, 09:46

The WSJ did a long article about the "controversy" of reducing reserve fuel for international flights to save money. Too long to paste here and I could only find it at a registration site (sorry) someone may be able to find it somewhere else.

http://www.ajc.com/today/content/epa...7b14610a1.html

Bottom line is most captains never feel they have enough gas. But it costs money to haul extra gas. The airlines look at overall picture to find cost-effective fuel reserve, while captain's picture is his flight. Instant conflict. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/argue.gif[/img]

September 7th, 2004, 09:46	#1
flyover Old Skool Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Georgia Posts: 3,389	Airlines Reduce Backup Fuel The WSJ did a long article about the "controversy" of reducing reserve fuel for international flights to save money. Too long to paste here and I could only find it at a registration site (sorry) someone may be able to find it somewhere else. http://www.ajc.com/today/content/epa...7b14610a1.html Bottom line is most captains never feel they have enough gas. But it costs money to haul extra gas. The airlines look at overall picture to find cost-effective fuel reserve, while captain's picture is his flight. Instant conflict. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/argue.gif[/img]