"I find it very alarming the number of dispatchers/load controllers who are unaware of this and are happily packing aircraft full of traffic load before fueling, oblivious to the damage they could be causing to the airframe."
let me interject here for a moment.... when the aircraft is on the ramp, the wings do not produce lift because the a/c aint moving... so my point is what is the problem with loading the a/c before fueling? there is no structural load placed upon the wing root(ok there is gravity
)breaching the zfw while on the ramp will NOT cause damage provided the cargo hold weight limitations are adhered to. The ZFW only comes into play when the wings produce lift.