Most systems on an aircraft are duplicated in order to ensure flight safety in the unlikely event that one of the systems should fail – but there is only one load of aviation fuel on board an aircraft. For that reason, it is vitally important that the fuel is handled correctly, delivered to the aircraft safely and meets the specification governing its properties, so that it will burn cleanly and efficiently and provide the required amount of energy for the aircraft’s engines. As the saying goes in the aviation industry, there’s ‘no parking’ up there, so it has to be right. Andrew Chubb, Chairman of the Joint Inspection Group (JIG), outlines the collaborative work worldwide that goes in to ensuring that it is

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