Weight imbalance
Apologies if this is in the wrong forum...
I just got back from Palma with MyTravel (A320) in the early hours of this morning. Once we'd landed there was a delay in getting steps brought to the aircraft, the stewardess apologised and said "the airport was very busy with departing aircraft at the moment" (quite something considering it was NCL). A couple of minutes later after the stairs arrived, people began to leave the aircraft by the forward exit.
The Captain then came over the tannoy saying that due to the busyness of the airport, the bags had not yet been offloaded from the airplane, and requested that passengers move to the front of the aircraft as quickly as possible. He said they were worried about the weight imbalancing the plane.
Is it possible for the plane to become "imbalanced" and tip, especially considering the cargo was probably only people's holiday baggage? I was quite surprised to hear the Captains request...