Well I'm glad that I'm not the only Ops. person who thought that this incident was totally wrong and somewhat dangerous! OpsFlyer53 - despatchers maybe don't have the authority BY LAW to prevent a pilot from leaving if he wants to, BUT how to you react to Stand 22's comment about not removing the airbridge if one was attached? In this situation what choice would the pilot have? Had I been the despatcher on the flight that is the subject of this thread, I would have done my best NOT to allow the flight to depart regardless of what the pilot's opinion was, so I'm in total agreement with Stand 22 on that point. If the DOW and DOI figures are incorrect on a loadsheet, surely this could lead to a weight/balance and trim problem when the aircraft was in flight? The pilot may well wish to depart as OpsFlyer suggests, but how guilty would you feel if something were to go wrong and you, as the despatcher, had allowed the flight to leave without a signed loadsheet?
