Originally Posted by
Eric Janson
Sensible to ground the aircraft as a precaution imho.
I beg to differ.
It’s nothing but an excercise in paperwork.
Amd I’ll tell you why it doesn’t matter.
’Standard’ FAA passenger weights have left the realm of reality long time ago.
Even with everything averaged at least 50% of pax exceed their allotted weight.
So on a full airplane load let’s say 70 pax exceed by an average of 20lbs that means W&B is already 1400lbs off. Add to that the fact that carry on is not weighed and you’re already passed 2000 lbs.
What may have happened on some of the airplanes is that seat configurations were changed and maybe not noted.
In any case the airplanes could just as well be lighter then the paperwork says they are.