A320 captain reports being shorted on fuel for the planned flight which resulted in using fuel that ...

Narrative:

Operating a through flight with an aircraft and terminal change in the hub. Dispatch release received with tankering fuel. I did not thoroughly review the release (down to the last pound of fuel/minute of flight time); so I missed that the flight plan was short both time and fuel. If you look at the last segment; it shows from the VOR to the airport; a distance of 21 NM; would take 1 (one!!!) minute. It actually took 16 minutes. Our burn was 1;000 pounds over release fuel. Dispatch is trying to tighten up on fuel and at the same time the dispatchers are not adjusting the poor flight plans. The result is the pilots having their necks hanging out. Here is the list: dispatcher training; new flight planning system; get management off the dispatchers' backs regarding fuel loads (putting a dispatcher in for an above and beyond award because he made his restricted fuel quota for the month sends a very bad message.)

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 Captain reports being shorted on fuel for the planned flight which resulted in using fuel that was being tankered. New dispatchers and new dispatch planning software were cited as factors.

Narrative: Operating a through flight with an aircraft and terminal change in the hub. Dispatch release received with tankering fuel. I did not thoroughly review the release (down to the last pound of fuel/minute of flight time); so I missed that the flight plan was short both time and fuel. If you look at the last segment; it shows from the VOR to the airport; a distance of 21 NM; would take 1 (ONE!!!) minute. It actually took 16 minutes. Our burn was 1;000 pounds over release fuel. Dispatch is trying to tighten up on fuel and at the same time the dispatchers are not adjusting the poor flight plans. The result is the pilots having their necks hanging out. Here is the list: dispatcher training; new flight planning system; get Management off the dispatchers' backs regarding fuel loads (putting a dispatcher in for an above and beyond award because he made his restricted fuel quota for the month sends a very bad message.)

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1082018
Time
Date	201304
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue

A320 captain reports being shorted on fuel for the planned flight which resulted in using fuel that was being tankered. New dispatchers and new dispatch planning software were cited as factors.