Originally Posted by
LifeNtheFstLne
Story of my non-rev life: the flt I need has 0 seats. Haha. Is the Q jumpseat restricted on short flights like that, or is it worth trying for it? Thanks for the intel. Frats!
Not likely but possible, so I would say worth trying. Even flying in the mountains we rarely had weight restrictions. I just ran some simple numbers with an average empty weight, full load, 111 bags and full fuel and came up with a weight that was below max landing weight.
Empty Weight 32,000lbs
+74 pax X 190bs = 14,060
111 bags X 30lbs = 3,375
Fuel = 12,000
TOTAL = 61,435
MAX LANDING = 61,750
315 lbs to spare
Even if you had a 35,000 lb airplane and an alternate two hours away (2,200lb / hr fuel burn at 350kts!) you still wouldn't need 12,000 lbs of gas so I think they will have some room to spare, and they are probably not performance or climb limited either.
I'm so bored.