Originally Posted by
Ship741
Little known factoid: Some foreign carriers that have no regulatory requirement for Dispatch routinely plan their flights with negative fuel at ETP. This is due to "corporate bean counters" dictating fuel loads. If the public only knew. Imagine losing an engine at the equal time point and running out of fuel prior to reaching the diversion airport.
I’ve flown with a few foreign ETOPs/EDto operators in 3 different continents. None have subscribed to the requirements you cite unless the airlines you cite are not ICAO members.
Last edited by captjns; 04-18-2018 at 04:36 AM.