He is what, maybe 250 lbs. ?
SG for Jet A1 from 0.75 to 0.85.
H2o=1.0 Specific Gravity
H2o=8.34 lbs @ gal
8.34*.85=7.089 lbs @ gal for fuel
250 lbs / 7.089 = 35.265 gal
So that "extra" 35.265 gallons of fuel makes the difference of that plane getting there or not?...
BULLCARP!
35.265 times 41 = 1445.865 pounds of fuel...per PAX...
I looked at it the other way around...But I know they load fuel by the pound on Aircraft...
Like everyone else is saying, this haas to be BS...
The plane is too small for the route in bad weather. United has a habit of running smaller planes on routes that were previously flown by the bigger aircraft types for obvious reasons.