Originally Posted by
Transition Layer
Why do they need a hostie for freight?
We are doing this, but loading the cargo on the seats, under the seats, and in the overheads. Too much work taking the seats out, and we are doing a mix of passenger and cargo flights. I'd love some seatpacks, but they are hard to come by, and expensive.
We have to carry a flight attendant, or extra pilot, as the regs state that the cargo must be monitored "by someone appropriately trained
during all stages of flight", so having one of the pilots wander down the back every now and then isn't sufficient.