really? IGAF, if I want fuel I'm getting fuel. Simple.

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.

Or, you could ask for additional fuel and if resistance is encountered then do it their way with the fuel they pushed for. Then if enroute, you are not going to have enough fuel, pre-emptively divert. Done and done. Not your problem,you contentiously tried.

I think I have read on these very forums it's not your job to fix their problems, or did I misread that?

“I suggest you don’t push until we see the next metar because the winds are currently above limits”

The next observations were within limits, but if not I would have expected them to want us to wait (it was a ~30 min flight).

Except now it becomes the crew’s problem. Now we have to deal with the added headache/threat of an unnecessary divert, potentially timing out, and failing to get the people where they need to be instead of just doing it right to begin with. We should never cave to the company’s desire to cut safety margins to the bare minimum in order to maximize revenue.

Agreed, of course. I'm just not convinced that the certificated group of people who coincidentally happen to be members of the only other organized group on property are interested in maximizing revenue over safety. Some conversation might help to better understand eachothers motivations. If you're convinced that it wasn't right to begin with, don't take it and have that conversation. Irrational or unsafe argument from them? Ask for the senior and work it out, reasonably sure (with the obligatory exceptions) that it will never get that far.

United pilots can add up to 2000 lbs of fuel with a click of a button on their iPad..zero questions asked. Why can't we do this?!

Buck is right though, IF there was resistance (I've never encountered it from a Delta dispatcher they've all been awesome), just evaluate your fuel state enroute and divert if necessary.

100% yes. That should always be the expectation. If it's not met, run it up the ProStands flagpole, the two groups talk frequently with pretty good results. If it's in the immediate, not safe and you don't like it? Don't do it. Period. Full stop. I would expect that you'd have the support of everyone involved.

Cheers.

Nail. Hammer. Head...

FOM 14.1.3.1 Says you can't dispatch to an airport forecast below minimums. I remember from a regional where we did lots of short flights under an hour, this meant that we needed a current observation at the destination (METAR) above minimums on those short flights in order to depart. Longer flights were legal if the TAF was legal. I can't find that written in our convoluted manuals here though.