Hi Rainboe,
OK, well that's news to me. I understood that the originals are kept on board so that the Captain always can refer to AND present the original documents should (s)he be required to do so. Other examples of this principle include the NOTOC, Tech Log etc. Perhaps like your nickname this has become obsolete. It's worth pointing out that all the major carriers (incl. BA), operating from our home base, get ACARS loadsheets using the same aircraft types but ours are still brought to the aircraft. Wonder why that is? Wouldn't be people protecting their jobs would it?
I work in the ME for a major Gulf carrier but you'll have to 'keep on discovering' who that is.
