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The captain of a cargo aircraft and the dispatcher responsible for the flight; reported a deviation of company policy regarding communicating an additional fuel upload to dispatch in a timely fashion.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1331782 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201602 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Dispatcher |
| Qualification | Dispatch Dispatcher |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance |
Narrative:
Upon arrival at ramp; we inquired about cargo weight being accurate. We were told that there may be up to 10K more freight than planned on the flight plan. With the additional freight; long flight with chance of ATC delays I was uncomfortable with the fuel over destination. I informed the ramp of the fuel total and then added fuel on the flight plan release. I got distracted with other things going on and forgot to call dispatcher from the ramp office. We did however notify dispatcher via acars when arriving at the aircraft regarding more fuel needed. A phone call would have been more appropriate versus an ACARS message regarding needing to uplift fuel.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: The Captain of a cargo aircraft and the Dispatcher responsible for the flight; reported a deviation of company policy regarding communicating an additional fuel upload to dispatch in a timely fashion.
Narrative: Upon arrival at ramp; we inquired about cargo weight being accurate. We were told that there may be up to 10K more freight than planned on the Flight Plan. With the additional freight; long flight with chance of ATC delays I was uncomfortable with the fuel over destination. I informed the ramp of the fuel total and then added fuel on the flight plan release. I got distracted with other things going on and forgot to call dispatcher from the ramp office. We did however notify dispatcher via ACARs when arriving at the aircraft regarding more fuel needed. A phone call would have been more appropriate versus an ACARS message regarding needing to uplift fuel.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.