So was that a flight which the company man would have gotten away with it, or did that extra fuel come in handy?
Nope. None of them would have been ok.
Also what reason do you use for justification to the company when ordering additional fuel?
I didn't have to justify anything to them.
Of course, anything else would be effectively giving away the answer.
Back to Captain Sean 787 captain who was faculty in our medical sim centre, during discussions about the human factors aspect of performance under stress he said a good practice is to ask the junior members of the team what they thought first, because if the "senior" or "leader" says what s/he thinks then the underlings tend to agree with the proposition which does not promote diversity of thought.
Yes, and if they have a better idea, then you can claim it.
I understand it does not mean "arrive" at the gate and the aircraft is still in the air. At what point have you "arrived"?
The flight, for fuel purposes, ends at the end of the landing roll. It's generally a good idea to have enough to make it from there to the gate though.
How much extra fuel to carry TSV from CNS?
What in? 747? You'd need to leave TSV (i.e. go around with) about 12 tonnes. I recall diverting from London to Amsterdam, which is about 60 nm further, and I think the figure was 13.8 tonnes.
That will be made up of...
a. Flight fuel, which is what you'll burn from the go around point until 1,500 on finals.
b. Variable, which is 10% of a.
c. Approach fuel. Fuel from 1,500 to end of landing roll. Around 1,000 kgs
d. Fixed reserve. 30 minutes, so about 5,000kgs.
Fuel and CoG
Have you ever had unusable fuel due to CoG issues?
Not that I recall. It could be a big issue in the 380 with certain pump failure scenarios.
My absolute highlight was a QF B742 arriving LHR, May 1989.
It's a pity that all went away after 911. I rarely left a jump seat empty, especially into HK.
Rome to London is unusual. Around that time frame, Rome was generally serviced by flights from Athens. I do recall one that I did from London, but don't have the details.