A gear pump comprising: a drive gear; a gear shaft passing through the drive gear; a stationary journal bearing; and a fluid film location annularly between a surface of the stationary journal bearing and a surface of the gear shaft; characterized by a hybrid pad at a hybrid location on the stationary journal bearing adjacent to the fluid film location with a minimum leading edge angular location on the stationary journal bearing of 31.0° in a direction of drive gear rotation relative to a center of a bearing flat i.e. zero degrees and a maximum trailing edge angular location on the stationary journal bearing of 43.0° in the direction of drive gear rotation relative to the center of the bearing flat; and a porting path for supplying high pressure fluid from a discharge of the gear pump to the hybrid pad, the high pressure fluid supplementing the fluid film during rotation of the gear shaft; wherein the porting path comprises: a discharge face cut on the stationary journal bearing for receiving the high pressure fluid from the discharge of the gear pump; a radial spool cut on the stationary journal bearing; an axial hole through the stationary journal bearing for communicating the high pressure fluid from the discharge face cut to the radial spool cut; and a capillary port extending through the stationary bearing from the radial spool cut to the hybrid pad for delivering the high pressure fluid from the radial spool cut to the hybrid pad. a drive gear; a gear shaft passing through the drive gear; a stationary journal bearing; and a fluid film location annularly between a surface of the stationary journal bearing and a surface of the gear shaft; characterized by a hybrid pad at a hybrid location on the stationary journal bearing adjacent to the fluid film location with a minimum leading edge angular location on the stationary journal bearing of 31.0° in a direction of drive gear rotation relative to a center of a bearing flat i.e. zero degrees and a maximum trailing edge angular location on the stationary journal bearing of 43.0° in the direction of drive gear rotation relative to the center of the bearing flat; and a porting path for supplying high pressure fluid from a discharge of the gear pump to the hybrid pad, the high pressure fluid supplementing the fluid film during rotation of the gear shaft; wherein the porting path comprises: a discharge face cut on the stationary journal bearing for receiving the high pressure fluid from the discharge of the gear pump; a radial spool cut on the stationary journal bearing; an axial hole through the stationary journal bearing for communicating the high pressure fluid from the discharge face cut to the radial spool cut; and a capillary port extending through the stationary bearing from the radial spool cut to the hybrid pad for delivering the high pressure fluid from the radial spool cut to the hybrid pad. a discharge face cut on the stationary journal bearing for receiving the high pressure fluid from the discharge of the gear pump; a radial spool cut on the stationary journal bearing; an axial hole through the stationary journal bearing for communicating the high pressure fluid from the discharge face cut to the radial spool cut; and a capillary port extending through the stationary bearing from the radial spool cut to the hybrid pad for delivering the high pressure fluid from the radial spool cut to the hybrid pad.