<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1226246, December 2014

B777 first officers report not detecting that a revised release contains an alternate airport and an increase in fuel. This is not detected until the redispatch point where dispatch deletes the alternate to allow a legal re release. The many factors involved in the omission are discussed.

Attributes
ACN	1226246
Time
Date	201412
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer Relief Pilot
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue

Narrative:

Was 2nd observer seat relief pilot on flight. A release 2 was printed prior to our arrival at jet however I was unaware of this until crew change enroute; when notified by dispatch we needed to drop our alternate in order to redispatch. At that point I looked at messages and saw we had been given release 2 with an alternate and 4000 pounds of additional gas. No notification by dispatch on acars or by ramp telling us we had new fuel load. I believe the flying first officer assumed the new release was for a zero fuel weight increase only.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B777 First Officers report not detecting that a revised release contains an alternate airport and an increase in fuel. This is not detected until the redispatch point where Dispatch deletes the alternate to allow a legal re release. The many factors involved in the omission are discussed.

Narrative: Was 2nd observer seat relief pilot on flight. A release 2 was printed prior to our arrival at jet however I was unaware of this until crew change enroute; when notified by Dispatch we needed to drop our alternate in order to redispatch. At that point I looked at messages and saw we had been given release 2 with an alternate and 4000 pounds of additional gas. No notification by dispatch on acars or by ramp telling us we had new fuel load. I believe the flying first officer assumed the new release was for a zero fuel weight increase only.

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