Luggage on seats in cabin, commercial flight
 

Hi,

some airline allow to carry on baggage on passenger seats when it is fastened correctly, does not obscure the e exits etc. My question is whether it is legal in Europe (where do I find?) and how to put it into the loadsheed. We use a computerized loadsheet, so the only way for me would be to add it as LMC but how to count for the correct trim-balance?

thank you for your answers!

I'm not quite sure if this will help you as your question is more related to the loadsheet but ....

When a seat is blocked off for EXST (extra seat for passenger comfort), or CBBG (cabin baggage) the reservation system sends a message with the PNL (passenger name list) which goes to the DCS, and I imagine that the loadsheet gets its information from that.

The EXST is, by definition, going to be empty, although it is likely that the passenger will be overweight/oversize.

When you book a CBBG the nature, dimensions and size have to be specified in an SSR (special service request). For example : VIOLIN-DIMS 60X25X15cm-7.5 KGS. Presumably this goes to the DCS too.

If someone can't come up with a better answer for you I might be able to find out.

thank you Capetonian,

do you have an example how it looks like in the loadsheet at the final? For example the violin booked as CBBG..

The best way to reflect cabin load on the loadsheet is use "pax equivalent".

Just check the weight and the seat (cabin area) and convert that to pax.
ie : you've got a stretcher in the aft rows of the cabin. An average stretcher weighs around 60kg. This is almost the weight of a pax (at 78kg).
You just add 1 pax in the correct zone when triming. You also make a little note in the SI box, so the crew can check how it comes that the total pax vss the total zone-distribution do not match.

Hope this helps

The person who might have been able to help me is currently not contactable. I've put a note in my diary for next week to see if I can contact him, in the meantime I see others are helping you.