Out of Trim said :
If you try and drag a ULD to a place that is unsuitable, overweight for position or would not fit; it won't allow you to do it.
Sadly i know that this is not true, this system does allow you to use versions that specific wide bodied aircraft don't allow, it also advises the reverse with regard to weight in certain positions, for example it restricts pallets when the aircraft manual or Boeing allow it to be used.
I agree that only properly trained Load controllers should use the system but this is contradictory to the comments that made by Out of Trim that it is easy to train (ie 2 hours), i also think we all know that in these days of cost cutting Airlines and Ground Handlers go for the cheapest option and that training is always one of the first things to be cut back on.
I wish it were the case that everyone using this system were properly load control trained but i bet that's not the case, i accept that everyone would have a basic knowledge and probably a basic course but not a genuine comprehensive understanding.
Libra just downgrades that all the more as Check-in agents look at the system during a lull in boarding and think that load control is a breeze and as long as the red lights don't flash then all is ok.
And when it comes to CLP using Libra, it would take a lot of convincing to get me to believe that everyone is properly trained, maybe in Manchester they are but in all these worldwide locations that now perform this function, i'm not so sure !