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Southwest Airlines suddenly grounds scores of planes due to aircraft weight issues
Southwest Airlines abruptly grounded 66 Boeing 737 aircraft in its fleet last Wednesday after issues with the carrier’s aircraft weight records were discovered. In an internal memo to employees on the matter that was obtained by the Chicago Business Journal, Southwest said: “Today (Wednesday) we discovered the weights being sent to our Dispatch Operation did not match our other weight records for a number of aircraft in the fleet. As a result, and out of an abundance of caution, we have stopped… (www.bizjournals.com) עוד...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Robert Hunt are you the person that I shared pilot duties in a Commander into Belize international and thought our world had ended when we broke out of the overcast to be looking at a Anti-aircraft gun installation? If so, hello old buddy. Would love to talk to you again. Dwayne Hunt
They should have realized by now to add at least 10% mass for the average American. :-)
During a visit to the USA my wife and I took a flight from Fort Lauderdale on Silver Airways. Before take off the air hostess first walked up and down the aisle and re-arranged the passengers to obtain a more even weight distribution. On a flight from Las Vegas to Grand Canyon on a Cessna 208 Caravan each passenger was first weighed for the same reason.
During a visit to the USA my wife and I took a flight from Fort Lauderdale on Silver Airways. Before take off the air hostess first walked up and down the aisle and re-arranged the passengers to obtain a more even weight distribution. On a flight from Las Vegas to Grand Canyon on a Cessna 208 Caravan each passenger was first weighed for the same reason.
with the fudge factor built into engine performance coupled with the lift capacity of the airframe titled far toward the side of safety, where is the beef here?
I doubt this is a problem for just Southwest Airlines, I suspect all domestic carriers are going to have to update how they calculate weights, particularly with passenger and carry-on and luggage weights. At some point, carriers may be forced to install weight scales and charging passengers by the pound for more than just their luggage?
I am not going to say that it is only SWA issue, but I would say that it would not be a lot of carriers with that problem... I know that the company that I work for even being a regional, that we watch that very close and always make sure that info is accurate...
Exercising caution in lieu of profits...I like it.