Cutting Back Flying Due to Fuel???

[LegacyDriver]

No flying cutbacks yet. Boss would lose more money by *NOT* flying. That being said, I negotiate for gas at every single place we go if we don't have contract fuel there. Even $0.25/gallon is significant considering how much we buy.

So far things seem okay. I am pulling the power back and staying as high as I can for as long as I can on repos. Four degree descents are the minimum now. Trying to save every nickel.

 

[BushwickBill]

I was wondering if any corporatations have started reducing nonessential flying or cutting back on flying/parking aircraft as a result of the slowing economy and the dramatic increase in fuel prices.

I think we're starting to see this happen in some flight departments.

The boss wanted to know if there would be a fuel shortage and wanted to make sure the airport bought enough to prevent that. I think he was more concerned with availablitly than price.

 

[h25b]

The boss wanted to know if there would be a fuel shortage and wanted to make sure the airport bought enough to prevent that. I think he was more concerned with availablitly than price.

Mine called me to tell me not to get so wrapped up with tankering fuel and fuel cost as to compromise safety in any way. He just said to always have plenty on board...

 

[aeronautic1]

Tankering

We have the extra capacity on most all missions (execpt on NAT or Transcontinental trips) and use the tankering profile that Lead Sled mentions. We also taxi on one engine. We are saving several hundred dollars a leg.That equates to about $41K per year. The only effort involved is making the phone calls to compile fuel price data (something for the F/O to do).

 

[Cardinal]

Lead Sled, thanks for your fine contribution (as usual) to these boards. I might suggest that you pull down your email address, however. Aside from dolts like Guppykiller, bots cruise the web mining addresses from any and all web pages, and then sell the lists to spammers. Do yourself a favor - I learned this one the hard way.

 

[Lead Sled]

Lead Sled, thanks for your fine contribution (as usual) to these boards. I might suggest that you pull down your email address, however. Aside from dolts like Guppykiller, bots cruise the web mining addresses from any and all web pages, and then sell the lists to spammers. Do yourself a favor - I learned this one the hard way.

Thanks for the heads up. i checked and I can no longer edit that particular post.

Moderators - can you help me out here???

Thanks

'Sled

 

[banned username 2]

Thanks for the heads up. i checked and I can no longer edit that particular post.

Moderators - can you help me out here???

Thanks

'Sled

I took care of it for ya!

 

[Lead Sled]

I took care of it for ya!

Thank you! If anyone still wants a copy of that file, just PM me with your e-mail address and I'll get it right out.

'Sled