Originally Posted by
krismiler
This problem has occurred before in Australia, IIRC a regional airline bought turbo props and found they couldn't take off with a full load of pax and baggage. The solution was to fly the luggage in a Baron which followed behind.
Sounds like Australian Airlines J31 operation out of Brisbane. Tillair's Conquest often took the baggage and arrived ahead of the J31 in Charleville and Roma. The punters had the opposite experience of the current situation. With the bags having arrived before them, they disembarked and collected their 'ports' that we'd lined up on the apron.