Originally Posted by
tsquare
Not your problem then. And they know that. However... if you flew .75M all the way, and THEN get holding they KNOW that too.... can you justify it? I'm not saying that they will go that route, and I believe it foolish for them to block trips so close to the limit, but they have reams of data on how long it should take to go from point A to point B. Don't you find it amazing that we can fly for 5,6, 12 hours and be within 10 or 15 minutes of the prediction on the flight plan? I certainly do. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out.
I think the FAR's are clear enough as to whom is the final authority WRT operating the aircraft in a safe manner. I'm sure they could ask the question, but the answer would always be "I operated it per the FOM, and FAR's." Short of putting a mgmt. cop on the JS, there's nothing else they could do.