Originally Posted by
notEnuf
I requested extra fuel for deice the other day and was told they can't because we were payload optimised. I didn't push the issue because I figured it would be tight but ok. We waited to start and when we got to the deice line we shut down. I made it work and then kept asking for short cuts. It all worked out but had I said no, his tone told me there was going to be a resistance. In the end we landed over min fuel so no issues but the gray area was black and white for him. I did make 2 non-revs happy though.
Fair enough but aside from the tone did you actually ask? There is an ability for them to add fuel and "blame" it on the crew, PRF (pilot requested fuel). Nobody in the OCC gets lectured about fuel, nobody and if you get resistance then politely press the issue.