Comment by dlcarrier

Comment by dlcarrier 4 days ago

The latest Captains Speaking podcast has an discussion about one of the hosts being in a similar situation: https://youtu.be/5ovlZ221tDQ

Fortunately, the flight left with extra fuel, because it was cheaper to carry excess from the origin airport than to buy it at the destination airport, so reserve fuel wasn't needed, but it was close. Also, there was lots of lightning.

prism56 4 days ago

I absolutely love insights like this into areas of the world I have no knowledge. Makes absolute sense in the modern world but also something I'd not think about

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themafia 4 days ago

Trucking companies started adding this to their logistics about a decade ago as well. Once they had accurate fuel price information for most of the country they started telling their drivers precisely how much fuel to onboard at each stop.

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- prism56 4 days ago
  
  Yeah makes sense. Similar to my electric car now I think about it. Optimises charges based on capacity and price.
  
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