Originally Posted by
E175 Driver
You guys are too paranoid. How many planes have ran out of gas?
None. How many diverted? How many landed with amber fuel qty? Is there checklists in our AOM Vol 1's/QRHs for amber fuel?
How accurate is dispatch flight planning? What altitudes do you actually cross Beree/Seever/Vktry at? What altitude does the release say?
How much taxi fuel do you really use? Deicing today? Landing north or south today? Will you accept that flight plan all the way down the 1400 mile front or deviate?
Better get a handle on this stuff quick, "Captain". Smarter people have flamed out their careers on less stuff than this.