Aircraft Weight
On the current thread “Rumours & News – DC87 Unsafe Departure” we get several references (implicitly concerning freight aircraft operating out of airfields a long way from Heathrow) to misleading manifests.
On this thread the discussion has concentrated at length on the proper weight (mass)-and-balance calculations as if that was being challenged. They are not.
If undercarriage sensors are feasible, I would have thought they would make a valuable check on the proper procedures in action. However inaccurate, their indications can be plotted against the manifest calculations from flight to flight, until an anomaly in the comparison warns the captain of a hazard.
I can visualise the tiny crew of a freight 747 in the middle of the night expecting to depart Limpopo International Airport or wherever. They may not know the ground handling team and will not know the pressures on that team.
The captain would then be grateful for an objective confirmation that his aircraft is safely loaded, provided by the suggested undercarriage sensors.