Airlines Cost Cutting on Fuel Quantity

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04-16-2008, 04:13 PM

ForcedInduction

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Fuel is not light. Flying with more fuel than needed to reach the destination is money straight down the crapper for them.

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But Karl Schricker, a spokesman for the 12,000-member Allied Pilots Association, the largest independent pilots union, said some pilots believed the FAA guidelines were not enough in an era when airlines are seeking to save costs by having aircraft carry the minimum fuel required.

Thats why they are pilots and not engineers.

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