C.G. Changes
My dad, who always likes to humour me and talk about his airplane trips told me about his latest trip. He wanted to move forward one seat during the flight (he thinks it was an A320), but was told by an FA that it would dangerously disrupt the centre of gravity. While I'm quite sure this would be the case in my 172, I am not so sure about an Airbus.
On a short flight (ie relatively little fuel burn) how much of an effect would a passenger changing seats have on the centre of gravity ? Do some carriers have policies that prohibit this? Would it ever really make the difference between being within the CG envelope or not? Or was this just a particularly difficult FA in this case?
Thank you for any response!
Cheers