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Old 7th May 2013, 17:57
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SamC130
 
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Loadies

If you mean "Load Masters" then use those words, please.

"Loadie" is a common term used in the US military for loadmasters (which is one word, not two.) There was a National Airlines loadmaster on the airplane, and he would have been responsible for supervising the loading and checking the restraints and, possibly, computing the weight and balance. I say "possibly" because its done using computers now, and the position of the load is planned before it reaches the airplane.
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