That's not true. UPS does not use a nose tether. World usually doesn't unless the customer provides one (ie flying for FedEx). Otherwise there's a sequential load/unload procedure that requires certain weight stay in the nose at all times.

World, and most ACMI carriers, use a loadmaster to handle all this. Usually the crew is long gone to the hotel, or doing the preflight for the next flight.

The problem with using one loadmaster is they can't be watching everything at all times, and some overzealous contract ground crew may start unloading the forward bellies before they should while the ops rep is on the main deck.

I was going to ask if there were loadmasters, but I figured that they wouldn't have extra bodies assigned to the crew and would just let some type of local operation (not necessarily 'locals') handle the loading and unloading - but company cargo handlers based at these outstations who would handle those chores.

USMCFLYR

True statement! Sequential loading...ooops!

Not like it's the FIRST time it's ever happened.

GAC, KAL air cargo, Varig,

Ah the good old days of onload offload operations.....always leave a can or pallet in the door.

At K4 for our Afghanistan ops we have station loadmasters that are assigned in country at 4 of our 5 destinations.

Depending on the load we may carry a LM as part of the crew as well.

FedEx don't tether at Bagram either. Charter flights carry a loadmaster for sequential loading.

I remember flying Metroliners out of Palm Springs filled with Marines and their duffle bags. The only thing stopping it from falling on its tail was to keep the fat a$$ Captain in his seat.

Glad no one was hurt. That must have been quite the site to see....

Could have ended very badly if someone was between two cans. Glad nobody got hurt.