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Being a pilot myself it's

Submitted by ayil (not verified) on Mon, 01/21/2008 - 13:37.
Being a pilot myself it's hard for me to believe that both engines just decided to quit both at the same time. Being the most modern aircraft in the Boeing fleet, it was designed with duplictated independent systems to control almost all critical systems. The way i see it weather was not a contributing factor. I hate to jump to conclusions but i have a strong feeling that they just simply starved the engines of fuel. The biggest concern in the airline industry at present is fuel price. The Management and accountants running the show are always pushing the pilots especially, to reduce uplift of fuel. They do this through reduction in 'contingency fuel' which is normally included in the fuel order to cater for inflight inaccuracies in the fuel planning. It is not uncommon to have the fuel running low after a long haul flight due to inaccurate forecast weather data used in the flight planning. That is exactly why the contigency fuel is catered for. I dare not speculate on the procedures that British Airways adopts in their 'Fuel Policy' but as a pilot we feel the crunch when it's time to order the fuel.

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