Originally Posted by
Aviatrx
Talk about task saturation. Gosh! I am quite amazed how hard of a time everyone is having doing things a little different. With that being said, at least on the 737 things are not terribly different. The mechanical checklist does not jive well with the checklist and needs to be fixed. I don’t see what is so unsafe though. I believe it has always been a practice to check your min gas before taking the runway, no?
Nice try but no. Before the FO said the min to fuel from the release and the captain verified the fuel on board from the EICAS. Now the captain has to find the release fuel while taxiing.
Maybe next time try and understand the problem before you get all sarcastic.