So, Bus429, I take it that if you leave the gate in, let's say your nice A320, and then get a call from ATC to say that the fuel company has just realised that they loaded AVGAS, you would not raise an MOR on the grounds that the error was captured before it killed you, and therefore didn't matter.
In other words you seem to follow a policy that you only raise an MOR after the accident, and if there's no accident because an error was picked up in time there's no need for an MOR.
Hmmm...........
To me, all the boxes for submitting an MOR were ticked. The facts are very simple; after an aircraft had completed boarding, someone twigged that it was 1.5 Tonnes or so overweight. The error must have been made earlier in the process. It's the fact that an error was made (or are you disputing that there was an error?) with a potentially serious adverse effect on the airworthiness of the aircraft, if undiscovered, that would have made me raise an MOR.
Luckily the holes in the cheese did not line up on that occasion, and that was the first hole of several. But the MOR exists to remove the holes.
Edit: Yes I know, some say it's it's possible that a jet would run on AVGAS, for a while at least; it's just an illustration, OK? I couldn't think of another example to use!
Last edited by Capot; 2nd June 2008 at 16:00.
Reason: Pre-empt the pedants