Can anybody here explain to this old fossil how this arithmetic and the new economics work?
BA claims it...
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50365362was common to carry extra fuel for "operational, safety and price reasons".
Really? Sure you can never have enough fuel unless you are on fire but that has never previously stopped bean counters moulding operational procedures to push fuel efficiency to the limit and driving for as light a fuel load as possible! What has changed? Look at the Ryanair in flight fuel situation in Spain in 2012 where the lightest load practice came close to causing a disaster.
Ryanair "fuel emergencies'
Edited to say I see that great minds think alike and all that and another poster has raised this subject almost simultaneously with more of a focus on comment on the green/eco side of things. Let me say that I think that while BA might want to green wash their organisation there must be a good economic reason for their current modus operandi and their willingness to risk enraging the eco lobby, hence my question(s) above.