The infamous fuel scenario has been asked to me at all 3 airlines I've dispatched for.
"Captain calls up wanting fuel for a KJAN-KORD flight. It's plus 6 at both airports and the nearest TS is tracking NE at 15kts over ZSNB. He wants 90 minutes hold fuel, what do you tell him...?"
The infamous fuel scenario has been asked to me at all 3 airlines I've dispatched for.
"Captain calls up wanting fuel for a KJAN-KORD flight. It's plus 6 at both airports and the nearest TS is tracking NE at 15kts over ZSNB. He wants 90 minutes hold fuel, what do you tell him...?"
So, as a newly certificated dispatcher, who has not yet had a chance to interview, (and therefore has never seen this question - famous, infamous, or otherwise), I assume this is a trick question. My initial thoughts:The infamous fuel scenario has been asked to me at all 3 airlines I've dispatched for.
The correct answer is You do everything it takes to get those poor people out of Memphis.
So, as a newly certificated dispatcher, who has not yet had a chance to interview, (and therefore has never seen this question - famous, infamous, or otherwise), I assume this is a trick question. My initial thoughts:
- ZSNB looks like a China identifier, so it's mainly just to see if you know anything about identifiers, or to just gauge whether you see "thunderstorm" and lose your mind.
- it's only +6, so it's highly unlikely there will be any TS activity anyway. I suppose we don't know the enroute weather, but +6 in Jackson Miss means they're too cold to think straight. It's probably Jan or Feb.
Anything else?
What is meant by a "shift log"?That specific scenario isn't really a trick question per se. He was just highlighting that there weren't any thunderstorms anywhere near the route of flight and the +6 is more of a visibility thing. Again just pointing out that there isn't any weather at either airport. You could always try to talk the captain out of it but as long as you don't bump payload it is easier to just give them the fuel and shift log it.
In the SABRE system you can create a "Shift Log" which is where you can attach comments about a flight to it in the system that can be whatever you want. In this case it would be explaining why you put 90mins extra fuel on the aircraft.What is meant by a "shift log"?