Originally Posted by
intrepidcv11
It's been a while on deets, but I seem to recall either a route overlay or perhaps Route 2 activation issue. Def nothing on dispatch end. Obviously glaringly bad look not keeping skipper in loop, but he saved the day.
We've had new hires flying across the pond for over a decade and this is prob the worst story. We once had a DC-10 Capt who got a report of metorie activity from Gander. This prompted him to alarmingly request 19K for the crossing despite the obvious burn issues. He said it necessary for metorite avoidance.
If this was the event back in 07 ish time frame, then I believe it was an eastbound flight capt in rest area, probably 3 coach seats, 2 new guys got fms fuel warning as computed arrival fuel was lower than entered reserve fuel. It was common to put 1000 to 1500 lbs below release computed arrival fuel as a heads up to a problem. There were some radio comms about a divert as the capt came up from the back.