Airlines running fuel margins thin

Dont say that! (I'm headed to Australia.)

I can't seriously imagine their shorting fuel loads
on these flights; the conversation by American was
about hauling a full load both ways east/west coast
instead of re-fueling at both ends.

At 21:54 08 November 2007, wrote:
On Nov 8, 12:56 pm, wrote:
On Nov 8, 11:17 am, 'Alistair Wright'
wrote:


Its only a matter of time before
they genuinely run one out of gas. from what i have
found so far, i
can only find one genuine run out of gas previously,
by a south
american airline headed to JFK.


United ran one dry near Portland, OR sometime in the
late 1960s.

I think it's unlikely that anyone will run out in a
domestic US
operation,
carrying 45 minutes of reserve fuel. Worst case: land
short of the
destination, at an airport. The real issue is crossing
the ocean.
This
does not include mismeasurement, fuel leaks, or the
like.