Originally Posted by
ExperimentalAB
No need to burn extra fuel in that case - this has nothing to do with that...you doctor the paperwork is all.
exactly, considering the passenger weight and baggage estimates that you use anyway to do a w/b, youd be lucky if you were even within 1000 lbs of actual weight. but thats good enough for performance numbers since theyre conservative anway. thus the reason you should never leave a jumpseater behind