734 manual loadsheet
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734 manual loadsheet
Hi just wondering how difficult it is to complete a manual loadsheet for the B734. Nowadays everything is completed by a computer but a flight from AKL to BNE was diverted to OOL and to get from OOL to BNE the crew had to complete the weight and balance manually and took almost 2 hours... Is that right or was the crew too relient on using computers?
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The latter - 10 minutes max if you have all the data and the paper load sheet you need. Maybe the a/c libary was incomplete and no-one had 'topped up' the load sheet folder? Getting to a phone and having one faxed etc etc could just add up to 2 hours. Maybe dispatch was inefficient? Maybe holds/pax were loaded incorrectly? Also not too difficult to write a PDA/Laptop spreadsheet version to double-check your paper answer. The best solution is to persuade the company to introduce a 'Nil Change of Load' load sheet for such diversions. That takes about 3 minutes to complete.
2 hours could also sound like "get the book out Fred - how do you do these". If the crew are 'regular' scheduled fliers with computer load sheets at every destination they would be well out of practice.
2 hours could also sound like "get the book out Fred - how do you do these". If the crew are 'regular' scheduled fliers with computer load sheets at every destination they would be well out of practice.
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2 hours could also sound like "get the book out Fred - how do you do these". If the crew are 'regular' scheduled fliers with computer load sheets at every destination they would be well out of practice.
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If you haven't done a loadsheet in the last 15 years because you allways get provided one by cetral loadcontrol or something like it the re-learning on the spot can be quite unpleasant.
In theory every pilot should be able to paint one up in a couple minutes, however that is theory and remembering what you learned in basic training 15 years ago ain't easy.
I flew once in an operation like that, however we then started to do the occasional charter flight where we had to do our own loadsheets. It sometimes took over an hour during cruise to prepare one for those who had been longer out of touch with paperwork like that. In my current outfit it is not a problem, we do a loadsheet every turnaround, however it is done on the EFB and then just printed from ACARS.
In theory every pilot should be able to paint one up in a couple minutes, however that is theory and remembering what you learned in basic training 15 years ago ain't easy.
I flew once in an operation like that, however we then started to do the occasional charter flight where we had to do our own loadsheets. It sometimes took over an hour during cruise to prepare one for those who had been longer out of touch with paperwork like that. In my current outfit it is not a problem, we do a loadsheet every turnaround, however it is done on the EFB and then just printed from ACARS.
