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Interesting, well then even at a low Jet-A contract fuel price of say $3.50 / gal his estimate sounds about right, possibly low, and keep in mind this was several years ago.Originally Posted by Adlerdriver
Actually......... 1000 lbs of fuel for climb out, hold and another approach is very, very low on most larger jets. An MD-11 burns that in about 4 minutes at cruise altitude. Consumption would be significantly higher at low altitude following a go-around. I can't remember 737 numbers but if I had to do a go around and fly another approach, that would probably cost me around 5000 lbs. not even considering the holding.
I wouldn't want / expect pilots to be current on the "cost" of a go-around, and I would even expect them LESS to care, and perhaps those in front shouldn't even know the "price." Safety issues should almost totally take this out of the equation. Any "incident" would completely overshadow the cost for the go-around.
Similarly I have had talks with my hospital beancounters who told me about the "cost" of a delayed operation I canceled due to the patient having an infection. It was something outrageous and absurd, as they added in the cost of the operative suite sitting empty and the operation I "could" have done if I hadn't canceled the guy. Basically a shadow cost used for accounting.
I shrugged. Have to just do the right thing, and let the accountants deal with it.