neaton wrote:I stopped even considering them the day I found out that the Captain doesn't decide the fuel load, that's set by head office and the Captain has to justify any deviation from their decision.
That’s unfortunately a bit of a distortion. Like any airline, the company produces a flight plan with the minimum required fuel as per their Ops Manual. The final decision on fuel as everywhere rests with the captain. All that was required was to stick a line on the voyage report as to why you’d taken the fuel eg “extra fuel due fog/cbs/ATC holding expected &c”
I fully support my former colleagues in pushing for a well-deserved improvement in treatment and employment conditions.
I work for the company, but hey, don't let that fool you. I'm really an OK guy...