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An A319 captain added 2;000 pounds of fuel because he believed that his dispatch release did not allow sufficient arrival fuel. The dispatcher stated that the company was monitoring pilots who add additional fuel.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 862522 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200911 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
Narrative:
After entering flight plan into mcdu fuel efob flashed red 3.9. After entering planned winds and descent profile on the planned STAR efob came up to 4.9. I felt this was still very low. Contacted dispatch and was told 'it was my aircraft but that the company was tracking all pilots that added fuel'. Even after that threat I elected to add 2000 pounds of fuel above flight release management has a tight fuel policy. Dispatch needs to provide a real world flight plan.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An A319 Captain added 2;000 pounds of fuel because he believed that his dispatch release did not allow sufficient arrival fuel. The Dispatcher stated that the Company was monitoring pilots who add additional fuel.
Narrative: After entering flight plan into MCDU fuel EFOB flashed RED 3.9. After entering planned winds and descent profile on the planned STAR EFOB came up to 4.9. I felt this was still very low. Contacted Dispatch and was told 'it was my aircraft but that the company was tracking all pilots that added fuel'. Even after that threat I elected to add 2000 pounds of fuel above flight release Management has a tight fuel policy. Dispatch needs to provide a real world flight plan.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.