EWINS and official forecasts: Possible conflict of interest

R2D said:
On a good day from the east I plan for at least a 150nm reroute taking me west to BFF or MBW.
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At my current carrier they like to carry a VERY distant alternate and no less than 1 hour of hold on those days. It's not nearly the headache it was at the regionals.
 
thewaffles said:
When you receive a pass down with the following comments, it helps formulate an opinion:

”I filed him on an airway that was closed and he just took off, so they’ll reroute him someway. He also has plenty of fuel.” - That reroute lead to him being at min-fuel.

Or...

”I don’t know the names of the enroute airports, I just let the system choose it, but I can point to where they are on the map.”

Or...

”I didn’t give them any additional fuel going to Florida in the summertime because the TAF says VCTS, which means they’re within 5nm but will not impact the airport.” - Four diversions later...
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"I can see where the weather is on the screen, but I can't describe it on the phone."
 
DispatchDan said:
I understand, TAFs are off often, especially flying over the Pacific your TAF will change overtime, that's NWS and EWINS so the dispatcher needs to use a few different tool when detirmening if altn is needed or not, and not just look at the current TAF at dispatch.... However I don't understand why were you landing with just a small amount of fuel, especially to a point where needed to declear min-fuel with ATC? Don't see how this has anything to do with a TAF being produced by EWINS... Was your landing fuel looking good at POR? Did you overburn that much between POR and Destination? ... Or because of bad WX did you have to hold at your destination? Don't understand what happened there?
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Sorry for the delayed response. Been busy moving out of our house.

The situation I posted about was a while ago, but if I remember correctly it was just a bunch of small things. Long taxi ate up our extra, got stuck down low, weather deviations, etc.
 
who'swho said:
Can't stand DEN. Most afternoons that damn tempo... TSRAGS variable winds at 25kts gusts to 35.
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Just give them the dirty thirty. I joke, but every time I've done it I've been thanked for giving them a "good fuel load" so if they're happy I'm happy I suppose.
 
CF34-3B1 said:
“Captain there’s a 6 inch gap in the weather ahead, you’re differently going to make it through.”
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No response as CA decides, rightly so, that the dispatcher is incompetent and stops responding. Said dispatcher later places their handgun on their desk as they are rummaging through their backpack.
I'd say it's rather easy to spot the bad dispatchers.
 
who'swho said:
No response as CA decides, rightly so, that the dispatcher is incompetent and stops responding. Said dispatcher later places their handgun on their desk as they are rummaging through their backpack.
I'd say it's rather easy to spot the bad dispatchers.
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Seems like we’ve worked with the same folk.
 
Kev said:
TERMINAL FORECAST
FPO NWS 011015 011100Z 0112/0212 HURRICANE CONDITIONS
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Sadly they updated it... But that is a great gust.

TAF MYGF 011600Z 0118/0218 36030G45KT 7000 SHRA FEW015CB BKN040 OVC080
FM020200 VRB80G100KT 1600 TSRA BKN015CB BKN018 OVC050
 
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