I wonder what the response from management would be if you put that on there as the captains reasoning.When asked a reason for a fuel add large enough to require a new release (just so I have something to put on the new release) reply, "Because I'm the captain and that's how much fuel I want."
Oh to be a fly on the wall during that carpet dance.Oh, his regional chief pilot heard about that one, believe me.
They are well within their right to delay. But why do it based on their phone radar instead of looking at official aviation weather reports? The airlines pay for access to great weather resources such as WSI Pilotbrief might as well make use of them.Can we delay the flight be an hour or two? The weather on my phone looks pretty bad for the next few hours and I just want to wait it out.
"I was watching the news this morning at the hotel .." -an actual pilotThey are well within their right to delay. But why do it based on their phone radar instead of looking at official aviation weather reports? The airlines pay for access to great weather resources such as WSI Pilotbrief might as well make use of them.
Because it's 100x easier to pull up weather on your default phone app than it is to log into WSI, pull up radar, bring up the area they are in, and look at the future cast. I think I have only had 1 pilot actually mention they had WSI up when they called asking about the weather. Most of the time it is "The TAF says this," or "It looks bad on my phone," or "it looks bad out there."They are well within their right to delay. But why do it based on their phone radar instead of looking at official aviation weather reports? The airlines pay for access to great weather resources such as WSI Pilotbrief might as well make use of them.
That is why my reason is "captain asked for xxxx fuel." Then my manager knows that it was a captain request and to move the questions about it over to flight.When asked a reason for a fuel add large enough to require a new release (just so I have something to put on the new release) reply, "Because I'm the captain and that's how much fuel I want."
If you were a dispatcher you'd know that access to pilotbrief isn't always given to the pilots. They don't want the pilots to go off the reservation without consulting dispatch over wx.They are well within their right to delay. But why do it based on their phone radar instead of looking at official aviation weather reports? The airlines pay for access to great weather resources such as WSI Pilotbrief might as well make use of them.