Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
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"
Interesting, we only have 3 zones for both 320 (1-10, 11-20, 21-31] and 321 (1-10, 11-25, 26-39).
So we could use all the 320 data (Zone, Underfloor, Fuel) and enter it into our 320 e Loadsheet by mistake, and if pax sit in their assigned seat, this forward CofG is still a problem as the zones might appear correct, but 5 rows of zones 3 are actually sitting in zone 2 and the last 8 rows are still empty.
Once again it comes down to the Cabin Crew to eyeball the cabin and recognise a problem and the Pilots to check the paperwork, carry out the cross checks and be vigilant to the 320/321 differences.
I haven’t flown for 6 months, or studied, and am racking my foggy brain to try to remember any other mitigators for this problem