OK
1) This question can be found in my Airline's command preparation booklet. If you want a copy or want to know which airline I work for pm me.
- no thanks - see 3)
2) I have been handed a loadsheet where the BW used was for a training flight not with 14 crew and full catering ( that's a difference of 6700kg ) so I don't trust these people, and in the end I will have to sign it not him, you or yogi bear.
Only 6700kg difference means no pax on either flight - ie positioning or training - and many airlines do not require a loadsheet completed for these in any case. This will be in your ops manual. Presumably you will not be able to exceed any load limitations on those flights anyway.
3) yes I am quite familiar with my companies' L & B manual. I also check my calculated values vs the loadsheet to check that everything is normal not to end up in a nasty situation ( see above)
- perhaps they are testing your knowledge of company manuals - it may be that APU removal is an item in the load and balance manual with 'standard' figures, but see 6).
6) I certainly know what to do with a change In catering, potable water, or additional crew. I know what a re weigh is, I asked the question as the airline I currently operate for utilizes their AC to the max, and I doubt they will have time to re weigh a/c between flights.
- nor will they have time to remove the APU 'between flights'! I'm not actually sure an actual 're-weigh' is required for such an event if standard figures are available but the W&B details MUST be amended by engineering. Often done by a 'Notice to Aircrew' or whatever you would call it. Same for airstairs/oven/seats removal. In which case, in 3), you sit clutching the 'Notice' in one hand and you check buggins' load sheet against that. If it is wrong, smack him/her with a wet fish and send them back to the office. You should
never have to
adjust for APU removal
yourself, not even as a Captain in your airline. I know of one airline where the No2 engine (727) was 'removed' 'between flights' by a catering truck, but I don't think the Captain accepted the aircraft after the walk-round.