Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Rant of the day, why do we put A320's out of SLC to the east coast when they end up load restricted if it's even warm in SLC!
25 out of 69 A320s have the smaller motors rated at 25,000 lbs. The rest have the 26,500 lb thrust motors.
Both engines have the same flat rated climb power. The weight restrictions are not very common.
I've only seen restrictions going out to BDA when we have to use ORF as an alternate.