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Old 7th Feb 2012, 07:02
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Centaurus
 
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Do operators to FLI and KI still require that pilots load 55-65Kg bags of cray fish in and out of the aircraft whilst bent double?
I don't know about now, but years ago, the shonky Essendon operator (he was a Qantas captain making money on the side) I flew for using Navajo's to Tasmania, insisted the bags of crays weighed 35 kgs for the loadsheet when I was quite certain they were 55 kgs when I tried to load them.

No wonder the aircraft was porpoising all the way back to Essendon with outside the aft limit centre of gravity. Scary stuff and I refused to fly with that operator again.
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