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Old 27th Feb 2011, 00:15
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Just to add to Torres's remarks, once the paperwork shows an increased MTOW, you would also have to believe that when planning for that weight, the aircraft would either be deliberately or inadvertantly be loaded even high, "just because we know it can". End result is quite possibly the AC50s have often been flown at (FAA MTOW + X) x 1.Y

Over many many hours that could be bad.
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