Oh I'm so stupid! But wait a minute, if the "packed" reference was so important with regard to the Westjet why did we not get a load description of the NWA aircraft then? Perhaps it was half packed?
Chris 777 retort:
Why? Because you may remember that "packed" means "full of passengers". Yes, passengers, those people whose safety you are LEGALLY obliged to protect while commanding an aircraft.
In my world Chris legal obligation remains uniform and has nothing to do with the
number of souls on board the aircraft.
Bottom line, an incident occurred and needs to be fully investigated. The seriousness of the incident is just as high whether the two aircraft were fully loaded or not.
Conclusion: "packed" has no bearing on the seriousness of the incident.