We have it happen all the time. The main reason people steal them is because they are usually private pilots and want them for when they travel over water themselves. Infact, someone was arrested last week in Exeter for stealing one.

To be honest it’s still the same Lance, (espeically the other way around). I flew out in Greece for over a year off and on and we had to be very, VERY careful of Turkish airspace when taking off from said islands. It was stated that if we infringed the airspace we would have Turkish Airforce Jets along side us within minutes 😉

Ahem, we’re digressing somewhat 😀

PeeDee

No dispatcher will tell the commander how much fuel he needs – period. The one saving grace about a dispatcher is that “generally” they’ll know how to do a manual load sheet, which has saved our arses a few times 😀

Mpacha

What do you mean airports take fuel from bowsers? Also airlines having de-fuel bowsers is slightly different to the refuellers de-fuelling the aeroplane. Smaller operators probably do reuse fuel de-fuelled, purely down to costs, and you even said it yourself, for light aircraft. We’re talking about an Airbus 319 here.
Dispatchers will keep one eye on the weather, but it’s still pretty irrelevant to their operation apart from “oh look, we cannot dispatch this a/c because the wx is below minima”. This would be a very, very rare occasion, and certainly wouldn’t warrant a dispatcher deciphering how much fuel a particular aircraft should take. (which is what the discussion was about)

Andy

I am saying I don’t know where they got the 10t figure from, because the passengers and baggage figure that they would use to offload what they stated comes in at about 4.2t. Something doesn’t add up.

wesley

You are right, because the figures don’t add up. They offloaded 37 passengers. Using standard passenger weights that airlines use, even if they were all males this would only equate to 3.25 tonnes. factor in a couple of bags each at standard weights and you are looking in total about 4.36 tonnes. Quite where they got 10 tonnes from is anyone’s guess. It is the media afterall. Mustn’t let the truth get in the way of a good story :rolleyes:

Because the trucks belong to the fuel companies, not the airlines. If the fuel is on the aircraft it belongs to the airline. Why would any fuel company allow their trucks to be used as a holding tank for someone else’s fuel?

Who the hell is Bob Plant?