Ok, I can't stand this anymore. As someone who had loaded
this aircraft many, many, many times in its previous life,
I can not fathom how any body in their right mind would accept
a loaded aircraft and not verify the weight. I will tell you personally, there was not one kilo of cargo that went on that
aircraft when I was responsible that was not weighed properly, either at delivery to the warehouse or definitely upon final load out of the cargo pallets and ulds. Who on earth would guestimate the weight of a load of seafood? The handler who
processed that shipment is criminally negligent.
While it may be "common practice" in certain parts of the world to operate upon that assumption, sooner or later that turns out to be a deadly consequence.