Airplanes are not "full of fuel" on landing!
Every gallon of fuel not used on the flight is 7 lbs. of cargo they could have made money carrying. Also, the extra gross weight is hard on airframe and brakes when landing.
But this plane was taking off and aborted!
Airplanes are not "full of fuel" on landing!
Every gallon of fuel not used on the flight is 7 lbs. of cargo they could have made money carrying. Also, the extra gross weight is hard on airframe and brakes when landing."
Actually, many times planes are full of fuel on landing. It's called fuel tankering. If fuel is cheaper at your origin than it is at your destination, it can be economical to carry that extra fuel. There are calculations done to determine the "break point", but I won't go into that here... ;o)
For example, flying from the Middle East where the stuff is extremely cheap to Europe, where it costs MUCH more.