I was only thinking about this topic earlier on today. Makes for good debate. If flights are flying out empty aren't they dead heading so surely they're not considered an actual flight? So therefore no load factor would be considered. However, in most cases out and in bound flights surely wouldve been full cos people were stranded at both ends of every route. Am I making sense? Long day and tired. Hope this thread goes for a while. Would like read others' opinions.