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Torquelink
6th May 2003, 23:44
A colleague flew FR STN - Nimes - STN at the weekend. Aircraft full both ways except for rows 1 and 2 totalling 9 seats which were roped off. CC said that this was due to c.g. reasons. Seems strange to me that c.g. is a problem on a one hour sector with an otherwise full pax load. Can anyone explain this?:

In trim
7th May 2003, 00:30
Ryanair use a "quick and easy" simplified manual loadsheet and standard baggage loading plan. This speeds up the documentation (and keeps costs down by not paying for computerised loadsheets), but requires specific passenger distributions for specific loads.

Cabin Crew have a procedure which effectively says
"If pax load is between x and y, block rows 1, 2, and 3" etc. etc.

Torquelink
7th May 2003, 18:44
Thanks for the explanation In Trim.

flyingdream
7th May 2003, 22:32
It also helps us to always get the CG rearwards to save fuel instead of forward.

A and C
8th May 2003, 05:57
Its not the case here but for the best take off performance the MAC has to be 20% or greater.