A320
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Situational Awareness; Other / Unknown
Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue
General None Reported / Taken
Company Policy; Procedure
Operating a through flight with an aircraft and terminal change in the hub. Dispatch release received with tankering fuel. I did not thoroughly review the release (down to the last pound of fuel/minute of flight time); so I missed that the flight plan was short both time and fuel. If you look at the last segment; it shows from the VOR to the airport; a distance of 21 NM; would take 1 (ONE!!!) minute. It actually took 16 minutes. Our burn was 1;000 pounds over release fuel. Dispatch is trying to tighten up on fuel and at the same time the dispatchers are not adjusting the poor flight plans. The result is the pilots having their necks hanging out. Here is the list: dispatcher training; new flight planning system; get Management off the dispatchers' backs regarding fuel loads (putting a dispatcher in for an above and beyond award because he made his restricted fuel quota for the month sends a very bad message.)
A320 Captain reports being shorted on fuel for the planned flight which resulted in using fuel that was being tankered.  New dispatchers and new dispatch planning software were cited as factors.