Originally Posted by
LAX Pilot
I was pass traveling and one of our 737s couldn't make a trip 3/4 across the country without removing 15 passengers because it was too heavy.
9 years on the Airbus doing mostly transcons and I've never had seats blocked off or passengers removed.
The only way this could have happened is on the first -900 (non ERs) which we have very few. The -800 and -900ERs would never have a problem. I used to fly the -800 from EWR to Guayaquil Ecuador which is 520 miles longer than EWR - LAX.