Stop trolling and move on. FAA expects FAA-approved company procedures to be followed. In this case taxiing without final weights is an FAA-approved procedure. If an overweight taxi occurs that’s a (relatively) easy maintenance inspection and happens so infrequently it’s worth the 99.999% of times the procedure works well. The company knows all of this when they write procedures and the FAA knows all of this when they approve the procedures.

Sure, that happened.

aren’t you the one that about a month ago called us all stupid for burning gas down below max takeoff weight?

which side are you on? The side that cares or the side that doesn’t?

because right now you are just and ignorant fool.

We can be above our MTOG but still under max taxi weight.

This isn't something that United came up with on their own. American was taxiing without final weights when I was hired with Eagle in 1991. I'm sure Delta does the same.

If it was a violation, I'm sure the FAA would have noticed by now.

I haven’t seen any posts here that will change my opinion. Just let all the load planners go and assign their duties to dispatchers. Less people involved in the mix is usually a good thing in my experience.

so dispatch should figure out what cargo has to go today and what cargo can go tomorrow?

Whether or not it’s worth it to leave passengers and non revs behind?

where to load the cargo to keep the plane in weight and balance?

you know most airplanes have more than 1 pit…..

No I definitely was on the other side of that argument. That guy was some idiot who flies for foreign carrier who said it wasn't a big deal to takeoff above MTOW.

Either way, legal or not, it would be nice if ya'll could get your ducks in a row before you block the taxiway to the runway,

signed,
the rest of the industry (minus American).

This particular co-worker of yours thinks that YOU should be the one let go.

Do you have any idea how many flights operating concurrently are assigned to a single dispatcher? (Hint: it’s more than one.)