I refer my honorable gentleman to the images below, i was but merely a humble dispatcher, and the ATP was a nightmare to trim, starting index was somewhere around 64, and we can therefore see that the kitchen sink had to be loaded in the back to make this thing fly. I did the 1st Manx one when it turned up and i and my compatriot were stunned to see the loadsheet, the Captain was adamant that he was not going to go unless all the pax sat in the rear seats that they were allocated. Under no circumstances was anyone to be in the front. Also explains why BA ones carted around 200 kgs of water ballast in the rear hold all the time.
From what i remember if it had 64 pax on board and they were all male it couldnt fly. Top quaility stuff from Woodford, a brand new plane having to have water ballast in it so that it could fly. Whereas the Monarch 757 loadsheet started in the middle and loaded a 3rd front and 2/3rds in the back flew down the middle like a dream.
