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02-14-2020, 11:08 PM
#3901
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Embraer had the same problem and subsequently fixed it with later models. Maybe Bombardier started with a conservative MLW until enough cycles were tested in the real world.
02-15-2020, 07:39 AM
#3902
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Flight time won't matter. Tankering and adding alternates increases planned landing weight at the first destination. If Max Landing is insufficiently small, then people get left behind.
The only way to help is to call dispatch and find a way to remove planned landing fuel (closer alternate, remove tanker gas, etc)
The only way to help is to call dispatch and find a way to remove planned landing fuel (closer alternate, remove tanker gas, etc)
02-15-2020, 11:33 AM
#3905
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You taking a delay for a defuel? Dispatch is supposed to account for the pax load in the plan, why are we always trying to do everyone else’s job. More fuel not less is what I am asking for.
02-15-2020, 11:50 AM
#3908
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Don't reduce fuel if it doesn't make sense. Sometimes it's the right call though.
Most recent example was this summer. Rolling delays with a 2 hour alternate on the flight plan. By the time we launched, the storms were long gone and the alternate wasn't needed.
Most recent example was this summer. Rolling delays with a 2 hour alternate on the flight plan. By the time we launched, the storms were long gone and the alternate wasn't needed.
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