Originally Posted by
LRSRanger
All true, but UPS loads the planes at the hubs too, and some of those folks... I called them "minimum wage rock stars" for a reason. In any case the pilot should closely supervise and then physically close and latch the doors themselves. And while I was there they retrained when someone gear upped a chieftain (according to what I heard), so I doubt a few pounds would get you fired.
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Hubs are one thing, the rest of the system is another... I always had good luck with the loaded at ONT, but they were certified and trained, as they would load us, then go a 757. But when you land at Imperial and the toothless van driver pulls up, he doesn't know about station weights, hell he doesn't even have a scale. At the end of the day if that guy loads the plane and puts a plane on the tail, the pilot will be in the unemployment line.