I'm curious about airline weight and balance.
I was in Chicago tonight (snow storm going through), and ended up sitting in the plane at the gate for 3 hours.
One of the "issues", was the weather at the destination and alternates went down so they needed different alternates. So weight became an issue because we need to take more fuel. So a fuel truck comes over. The fuel trucks leaves...and an HOUR later....they're still trying to figure out how many passengers have to get off. I mean a guy is coming in and out of the plane saying "7 people need to get off. No, 10 people need to get off. No...the people that got off were enough. No, we need 4 more volunteers". Oh my god....is this seriously how the airlines are run?
I don't get it. Who does the weight and balance? Wouldn't it be lbs of fuel added = lbs of people that must get off? I was astonished this was all taking place. Now, I have a tendency to think 90% of people are idiots....but I hope pilots don't fall into that category and I hope there is a logical explanation that I'm just not aware of... some other factor. So can someone explain what happened with this? Why so long? Why the confusion?
I was in Chicago tonight (snow storm going through), and ended up sitting in the plane at the gate for 3 hours.
One of the "issues", was the weather at the destination and alternates went down so they needed different alternates. So weight became an issue because we need to take more fuel. So a fuel truck comes over. The fuel trucks leaves...and an HOUR later....they're still trying to figure out how many passengers have to get off. I mean a guy is coming in and out of the plane saying "7 people need to get off. No, 10 people need to get off. No...the people that got off were enough. No, we need 4 more volunteers". Oh my god....is this seriously how the airlines are run?
I don't get it. Who does the weight and balance? Wouldn't it be lbs of fuel added = lbs of people that must get off? I was astonished this was all taking place. Now, I have a tendency to think 90% of people are idiots....but I hope pilots don't fall into that category and I hope there is a logical explanation that I'm just not aware of... some other factor. So can someone explain what happened with this? Why so long? Why the confusion?