Hunter58,
Nose down attitude is agreed. But it isnīt that bad. In fact, aft of FR58 (?) you have a kink in the floor structure on A310/A300Fs, and that doesnīt prevent cargo to be loaded in the back of the compartment.
You certainly will object that this kink will add to the nose down angle on A330s. Agreed. But, again from memory, this shouldnīt be a show-stopper thanks to PDUs, brakes etc.
The fuselage WILL take 60 odd tons payload on A330-300. It does it even today, if you look at the numbers in detail!
I understand from contacts in TLS that their engineering resources are verly limited at the moment (A380, A340-600 ISP plus growth programmes, A350, A320 and A300 successors), so that a production A330-300F is constantly postponed. But I am sure itīll come!
Cheers,
J.V.
Thunderball 2: Thanks for the data! Amazing amount of money that we talk here... !
J.V.