Originally Posted by Long Haul

Not trying to second guess anyone here, I’m just trying to understand the different ways of doing things in different cultures. If I had an incident and all of the guys in suits got involved, I am confident that the fact that we didn’t burn off enough taxi fuel would not be an issue, unless it directly or indirectly contributed to the cause of the incident. The airline that I work for most definitely does not have a dangerous culture, and appears regularly on the list of the 20 safest airlines in the world, but I have genuinely never heard of anyone here burning fuel at the end of the runway to lower the weight. Like I said, we really have no idea what the exact actual weight is, so safety-wise I don’t see it as a threat. I guess that maybe the FAA in the USA is more aggressive in terms of seeking violations than what I am now used to.