Originally Posted by
Fr8Thrust
A jumpseater is that far forward that you need to loose 800# of Fuel?
The JSer is a CG problem, common to need 500-800 lbs ballast in the rear bin to balance out the CG. When you're full boat that ballast has to come out of either pax or fuel. I'm not taking off with less than MINTO (or anywhere near MINTO in most cases), and I'm not lying about fuel on an airplane that transmits actual fuel load to SGU as soon as you go wheels up.