Originally Posted by
bean
Dixi, i feel i must point out, without any bad will towards the two lost pilots in the Channex crash in GCi the following:-
TheFO prepared a perfect load sheet shoeing the loading of the aircraft.
The loaders at Luton, having never loaded an F27 before, asked the Captain how the nrwspapers should be loaded. He replied "start from the back and move forward. That"s what put the aircrafy out of trim.
https://assets.digital.cabinet-offic...000_G-CHNL.pdf
I hear what you are saying and there were deficiencies in the training at the time, but a STAN system would have saved the day.