Facts to consider
Wow guys - some raw nerves there.. I said they were facts to CONSIDER -not neccessarily what happened. My point is, never assume that everything is at is seems. If you have never checked the loading of the aircraft for yourself poina, you are either very lucky or very stupid.
If you always rely on others to have done their job perfectly, do not be surprised if one day you
A. Find the wrong load on the wrong aircraft (as I have)
B. Find the load has been loaded in completely the wrong order (as I have)
C. The load has not been checkweighed (as I have)
D. The shipper has lied about the weight and the handling agent hasn't checked (as I have)
E. The loadmaster has not checked the security of the load (as I have)
F. The loadsheet is completely wrong (as I have)
I have never been to Pudong, GlueBall, but I suspect it is pretty efficient in handling freighters so I am not pointing any fingers there, or suggesting they are "third world".
The fact is that the operator had very little experience of a new aircraft type, which is acknowledged by many contributors on this and other forums to be "challenging".
CM