Originally Posted by
bsieker
Very unlikely for a short-haul airliner. They usually can land at maximum takeoff weight (or very slightly less) without any problems to allow very short hops without the need to refuel at every stop. And even larger types, which have a maximum landing weight significantly lower than maximum takeoff weight, can perform a safe overweight landing, but require an inspection afterwards.
Bernd
Quite right. All this talk of dumping fuel is nonsense. S/H planes can’t dump. And Even 747 can land at max TOW IN DIRE EMERGENCIES.
S/H planes can circle to burn off fuel but 1 tonne of fuel@ approx 2 tones/hr burn means 2 tones per hour. 1 tonne = 1 knot of approach speed so generally complete waste of time.
Cheers. Yan