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Old 22nd Aug 2017, 17:37
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Well, if redispatched with the higher fuel burn to make it fit, then yes.

But "We'll just launch, and burn it off in the air" at higher than MTOW is a no-go. We only see limit codes for a few things, and this is not one of them; so we don't even know what the limiting factor is. While seeing that the LDW matches the MLDW is a good clue, something else could also be just as limiting at the same time, and we'd have no way to know.

Plus, we'd be violating 121.195: "No person operating a turbine engine powered airplane may take off that airplane at such a weight that (allowing for normal consumption of fuel and oil in flight to the destination or alternate airport) the weight of the airplane on arrival would exceed the landing weight set forth in the Airplane Flight Manual for the elevation of the destination or alternate airport and the ambient temperature anticipated at the time of landing."
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