Real 737 Pilot Pre-Flight Preparation | How much extra fuel should I take on my next virtual flight?

Block fuel is sufficient to fly to your destination safely but what happens if we expect disruption during the sector? Maybe we need to de ice on a remote stand, perhaps there are TS’s forecast en-route or our destination? Heavy snow is forecast, how long can we hold if the runway is closed?
All these variables require sensible fuel planning and potentially additional fuel to be carried. In this brief tutorial I’ll discuss PIC discretionary fuel, why we’d take it and how much and hopefully you can apply it to your next virtual flight 😊
ANY GUIDANCE IN THIS VIDEO IS NOT TO BE USED FOR REAL WORLD FLIGHT TRAINING
I’m a 737 Captain for a European airline and like with all my tutorials and streams, all content on this channel is for Flight Simulation on your PC only. This video is NOT for professional guidance or instruction but to provide an insight to my thoughts on this product. Any comments/view expressed are mine only.
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[@richardboll8763]

As always, excellent tutorial! Fuel is time, and we think of fuel in terms of time!

[@lightspeed-jz9pn]

Great Video!

[@campia901]

Got ATPL Flight planning exam on Tuesday. This is good stuff for it!

[@timothyferguson1439]

same here! good luck!

[@fpt9694]

Careful, the information this video is actually useful in the real world and therefore almost certain to not come up on the ATPLs 😂

[@timothyferguson1439]

@@fpt9694 yep, agreed ;)

[@campia901]

Very true 😂

[@lennertvg4114]

good luck! i got my progress test for FP tomorrow, hard subject imo

[@xeonhdr]

Very generous company you got dear captain. Regards

[@jep1103]

Great info

[@BrandonMartinez-ho8ik]

I used to work as a fueler for Swissport. Most of the time they wouldn’t mind 100-300 pounds extra. FedEx even took 800 pounds extra most of the time. Just depends on the airline and the plane. What would also happen sometimes is, given enough time, the gauges roll down as the fuel settles in the tank Or especially if it was a hot day and the fuel was less dense.

[@Taylor314T5]

Maybe I can’t see the forest through the trees, but decoding the TAF to understand what timeframe it is referring to is something I struggle with.

[@tomango3]

Talking about fuel, Captain, Which situation burn more fuel? Engines on high power during take off/climb Or Engines during approach/landing, flying through all that drags in low speed.

[@mps_gaming1898]

Then I fly on Vatsim I add extra 1000kg fuel more than simbrief give me at fligh plan, becouse it can be delay on departure or and hold position for aprouch

[@flightdeck2sim]

Haha, yes. I’ve found VATSIM events are a legitimate reason to carry extra fuel! FD2S

[@mps_gaming1898]

@@flightdeck2sim or then new airport is released in UK like Luton🤣

[@santiagogaymer2668]

Yank you very much! Something came up to my mind while watching the video but it wasn’t explained: what value do we put in the RESERVES field in the INIT REF page in the FMC? That should be what Simbrief say at FINN RES + ALT+ 0.6 ( or 1.2) ?? Thanks a lot!

[@flightdeck2sim]

FINN RES + ALTN In this tutorials flight plan that is 911 + 1351 = 1662 (So 1.7 in the FMC) FD2S

[@and696]

Hello Captain: I wonder if you can tell me where to find the check list that y are using with the zibo

[@flightdeck2sim]

Here you go! github.com/patrickl92/AudioChecklist FD2S

[@kevinkirkland8762]

Curious... are there any penalties or consequences to the airlines if one of their fleet has to make a minimum fuel declaration? I'm sure there is additional paperwork for an actual fuel emergency, but what about the min fuel call?

[@flightdeck2sim]

The block fuel is the legal minimum. Deceleration of a MINIMUM FUEL or MAYDAY call requires a safety report. It’s likely these calls will be made due to unforeseen circumstances. There will be an investigation to see how it got to that situation but nothing more 👍🏼 FD2S

[@GROW_YOUTUBE_VIEWS_m109]

Your content is like a ray of sunshine in my subscription box. Keep shining!