Originally Posted by
172_driver
To put in perspective; if 1 out of 10 of our 737's has a correction of +660 kg to DOW, but the others has 0 kg. Do you really believe that's true? Or is it just a case that most fit within the margin of fleet weights, one didn't.
I think there's bigger fish to fry out there. Such as standard weights for pax and luggage. Unlike the DOW/DOI, those discrepancies I cannot find in my manual.
A correction to fleet weight usually may be because one airframe has some repair work or additional equipment installed or some structural items changed, be careful thinking this correction is not true for a reason.
I agree in regards to standard weights, actual bag weights would be a great starting point, as passenger weights cannot yet be given more accurately. However, an increase seems to be required as in general people are getting bigger.