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Old 07-14-2012, 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by atr42flyer View Post
80lbs is over the fudge factor? really on any given day airliners take off thousands of pounds overweight, when you think about it per the FAA the avg airline passenger weighs only 175lbs and their bags only weigh 30lbs each. I am sure your little cessna would have handled 80lbs pounds over just fine. I am with the boss on this one get the job done. rookie
Your judgement is flawed, and you're not doing the new guys any favors here.

I'm sure the airplane would have been fine.

But the OP was a little outside of his experience box, so he did the absolute right thing here...went by the book. If he had 10,000 hours in Alaska maybe he could have used his judgement.

What if the CG was only 1.5 inches aft of limits? It's not even two inches! But THAT will kill you.

Besides, if the guy got ramped the inspector would have eyeballed that load and asked to see the W&B for sure...that would have been a violation and a NASA form would not help if he had an overweight W&B and went anyway. I'll work within the width of a pencil lead, but I'm not putting tickets on the line for an employers convenience.
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