Originally Posted by
SailorJerry
Just boredom. I like to split hairs on stuff like that. The FAA interpretation of "planned fuel burn" and the process in use at most carriers is night and day.
In the Sabre flight planning software you could tweak how much extra time and gas each airport got. Chicago and Atlanta was 10-12 minutes, Jackson, MS was 0. You just tracked the overtime and overburn and...
Ahhh forget it.
Sj, I promise next trip in going to watch it and see. I've got nothing else to do up there, I seriously don't read books or do crossword puzzles. I'm bored out of my mind but it keeps me out of trouble. And I won't elaborate any more than that.
