Michael C. Berch wrote: > Fuel dumping usually has no effect on the ground. The fuel atomizes > (breaks up into small particles) immediately upon release, and vaporizes > (becomes a gas dissolved in the air) very quickly after that. It then > disperses with wind currents. Fuel dumping is required to be done at or > above 2000 feet except in emergencies. Plus, as we all learned from the JetBlue incident, the A320 family doesn't have fuel dump capabilities. FlightAware shows an in-flight duration for FFT263 SNA-LAX of 14 minutes, so it wasn't flying around for a while burning off fuel either. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/FFT263 My guess is that, for the relatively short SNA-DEN flight, especially out of SNA's short runway, it's takeoff weight was below the A318's max landing weight, so no need to burn off fuel. -- David Mueller / SAN dsm717@xxxxxxxxx www.quanterium.com www.spotterswiki.com