Okay, here's one for the big boys. Over a few glasses of wine & beer heard a delicious rumor that a KQ 777 on pushback enroute to Europe decided that it was overloaded by 7 tons! Clever aircraft software alerted the captain who confirmed the discrepancy between loadsheet and what the aircraft was telling him and took the bull by the horns, and despite major inconvenience to pax and several hours delay, demanded a recount of the loading. Turned out the aircraft was right - 7 tons of CARGO overloaded!
Several people lost their jobs, several "redeployed" or retired as a long ongoing cargo corruption scam was unearthed!! Turns out many aircraft have been going out with more cargo than officially manifested.
Doesnt that you make you think?!!? As a pilot and a potential passenger!
