Originally Posted by
leica typ240
...on my last trip, i flew with an fo who will be upgrading on this bid w/ 1k hours of company time and a total of 2300.
he was the pm on the trip, i asked him to calculate our fuel and come up with our "bingo" fuel as our dispatcher was busy with other flights during a hold. his response, "I DON'T KNOW HOW"
His response should have been "above my paygrade"
To be fair, bingo fuel is a CA calculation unless you were just messing with him because he wanted to upgrade.