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That airline is Ryanair. One word. The company I fly for is two words. The more you know.
Ryan Air Fires Pilots for Speaking Out About Safety
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Johnny Beau Bekkestad
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I've followed last years incidents quite well, there were several fuel "emergencies" last year all withing a few days of each other.
The thing is that the media here in Europe is trying to go after Ryanair, not the other companies.
One day there were 4 "emergencies" 3 planes were from Ryanair and one was from a local Spanish carrier. The only plane that actually landed below minimum fuel was the Spanish plane. Yet the media only reported about the Ryanair flights.
Almost all problem occur in Spain and it seems to have to do with the controllers.
I don't have the article in front of me right now, but that day all the planes flew to an airport had to hold there for a hour or so, then they were diverted to an alternate had to hold there for another hour or so. But all flight that day had to divert and at some point the Ryanair captain had to ask for priority and that is automatically a fuel "emergency", so this was reported in the press. But the truth was that they were still something like 20-30% above minimum fuel.
The thing is that the media here in Europe is trying to go after Ryanair, not the other companies.
One day there were 4 "emergencies" 3 planes were from Ryanair and one was from a local Spanish carrier. The only plane that actually landed below minimum fuel was the Spanish plane. Yet the media only reported about the Ryanair flights.
Almost all problem occur in Spain and it seems to have to do with the controllers.
I don't have the article in front of me right now, but that day all the planes flew to an airport had to hold there for a hour or so, then they were diverted to an alternate had to hold there for another hour or so. But all flight that day had to divert and at some point the Ryanair captain had to ask for priority and that is automatically a fuel "emergency", so this was reported in the press. But the truth was that they were still something like 20-30% above minimum fuel.
Vector4Food
This job would be easier without all the airplanes
It's extremely common for us to see aircraft that departed Madrid or worse Barcelona having to stop in BGR or YYR for fuel. Apparently because ATC over there makes them wallow around at FL200 for an extended period of time... or so the rumour goes, but it is pretty common.