Originally Posted by
Rodney Rotorslap
Do I understand correctly that the A320 has 3 cabin zones and the A321 has 4 cabin zones?
This being the case, the late reallocation of an A320 load to an A321 would have resulted in Zone D being empty.
You understand correctly - see post #25.
From the report:
"Passengers were boarded with their seat allocation for the A320 and therefore were seated within cabin Zones A, B and C. This left the seats at the rear of the A321 aircraft, which has a
fourth zone, Zone D, unoccupied. The unusual passenger distribution was not noticed by the cabin crew or dispatcher. The aircraft commander was unaware of the passenger distribution in the cabin but was passed a Load and Trim Sheet for his A321 aircraft, G-WUKG"