there would be a LOT of A/C taking off over weight due all sorts of reasons.
OK Wally... wiith the greatest respect to you and your ilk, can you give us some legitimate reasons for ignoring the POH/MOM wrt MTOW?
The ferry exemptions as described above being (obviously) out of the question... for a CHTR or AWK op... is there ANY legit excuse for dep over MTOW??? ANY excuse?