Aircraft routinely dispatched with planned marginal fuel reserves upon arrival at destination.

Attributes
ACN	299419
Time
Date	199503
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
ASRS Report	299419
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Company pressure on dispatchers to reduce ramp arrival fuel is resulting in unsafe flight plans. 7000 pounds of arrival fuel for B757 is totally inadequate. It is time to stop this nonsense before somebody ends up running out of fuel.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT ROUTINELY DISPATCHED WITH PLANNED MARGINAL FUEL RESERVES UPON ARR AT DEST.

Narrative: COMPANY PRESSURE ON DISPATCHERS TO REDUCE RAMP ARR FUEL IS RESULTING IN UNSAFE FLT PLANS. 7000 LBS OF ARR FUEL FOR B757 IS TOTALLY INADEQUATE. IT IS TIME TO STOP THIS NONSENSE BEFORE SOMEBODY ENDS UP RUNNING OUT OF FUEL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.