Counting heads wrongly is a really basic human error that should not happen - ever. One error is understandable but 3? Someone's head at Qantas/Jetstar should roll.
Counting heads wrongly is a really basic human error that should not happen - ever. One error is understandable but 3? Someone's head at Qantas/Jetstar should roll.
So correct me if I'm wrong but planes have the ability to calculate cargo and passenger weight? Is the flight floor a massive weight scale?
The last thing before the doors are closed is the load master handing the flight crew numbers of passengers known to have boarded and the weight of baggage (weighed in the baggage handling part of the airport) and cargo and fuel. Seats are assigned to balance the aircraft, which is why occasionally passngers in smaller aircraft may be asked to change seats. If a checked in passenger does not board then their luggage is off-loaded and the weights re-calculated. The pilot should double-check all these weights from what has been previously advised pre-flight and if there is a discrepancy then everything is checked again.
The last thing before the doors are closed is the load master handing the flight crew numbers of passengers known to have boarded and the weight of baggage (weighed in the baggage handling part of the airport) and cargo and fuel. Seats are assigned to balance the aircraft, which is why occasionally passngers in smaller aircraft may be asked to change seats. If a checked in passenger does not board then their luggage is off-loaded and the weights re-calculated. The pilot should double-check all these weights from what has been previously advised pre-flight and if there is a discrepancy then everything is checked again.
Guess ,like a car,it can be good to wait till the get the bugs out--meanwhile ''I hate it when those body panels fall off when landing'' (hopefully they are talking about an inside body panel)
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Originally Posted by macduffy
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