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Old 03-09-2010 | 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by chuck416
Hi Cinca3,
. My favorite line in the entire LMS study was with respect to how we used to keep track of the fuel score right on the flight plan, down to the minute and pound, by each way point. The narrator said that "Delta doesn't use this method, but instead relies on the highly automated features of the aircraft to keep track of fuel remaining", or words to that effect.
Interesting. In the 10 years I've been here, That is exactly the way it's done. I can't think of a captain I've flown with who doesn't write it down on the howgoezit if I forget or am busy doing something else.