Originally Posted by
XHooker
Every time I left Hong Kong for Newark in the 777 we had close to 100 seats held due to cargo and that was burning down to MGTOW in the hold short. The reality is every airplane has restrictions when pushed to it's limits and your RJ has more limits than most.
That wasn't a weight restriction necessarily, those seats were more than likely purchased by the freight forwarding companies for the express purpose of leaving them empty to accommodate more freight underneath. I've been going to HKG for ten years and I've never seen that many empty seats.