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Old 05-09-2010 | 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by keenster
We are carrying around on average 7500-10000 pounds of fuel over what we used to land with on the old flight plan system. That adds up to alot of fuel burned to carry extra fuel. Nobody seems to care.
Keenster... You're a north guy maybe you can answer why nearly every FNWA crewed a/c I see parked at the gate has the APU running even if departure time is over 30mins away? Nearly every crew I fly with doesn’t start the APU till they AWABS chime goes off, or 5ish mins prior to push. That's a big waste. Last week at the gate next to us a south 757 was sitting next to us with the APU running, with power and air hooked up 40mins before dept. I bet the CA a NWA crew is flying that plane, b/c it seems they always have the APUs running. So we logged into i-crew pulled the crew names and you guessed it DTW pilots on their way to ATL.

Not only does it waste fuel, but also it makes the walk a round louder.