Flying overweight
Reading through the latest June pulications of AAIB it's suprising how many people are flying, and crashing, overweight. Both the PA28R at Oban and the R44 in Cumbria.
Do pilot's routinely fly overweight ? Or is it just the ones that inevitably crash.
I am always meticulous over the W&B. In a Pa28 with 2325lb MTOW is usually overweight by a few lbs with 2x 230lb men and full fuel. Yet I've witnessed people take off in that configuration.
Does everybody fly a couple of lbs over ? Or is it just the ones that crash ?