A330 Weight & Balance when lightly loaded
Just flew back o/night from US East Coast to UK as SLF on an A330 with a moderate load factor, but a long way from empty. Intrigued that pax were redistributed in cattle class for departure, but then allowed to return to original seats after take off. Pax bunched up to rear of cabin for departure.
No personal experience of arranging aircraft loading for that a/c type or on that route, back in the day I'd have just moved freight or baggage aft.
Would be interested in summary points from experience as to why the faff of trying to herd cats by reseating pax (and we had a non-stop stream of PAs from the ground team as we sat in the pens awaiting boarding) was a better solution than just moving underfloor loads.
Thanks!