3. Mass and Balance

Question 1

Airplane Weights and CG Establishment

Answer 1

• Prior to initial entry and every 4 years if individual weights are used,
• Prior to initial entry and every 9 years if fleet weights are used

Question 2

LMC Limit

Answer 2

• Only for Paper Loadsheet,
• If > 500KG, prepare a new one

Question 3

Standard Crew Weights

Answer 3

• Cockpit: 85KG,
• Cabin: 75KG

Question 4

Standard Passenger Age Categories

Answer 4

• Adult: Age of 12 or more,
• Child: Age of 2 and above and less than 12,
• Infant: Age of less than 2 years

Question 5

Standard Passenger Weights

Answer 5

• Child: 35KG,
• Adult: 84KG,
• Weights include hand baggage,
• Adult includes Infants carried on adult laps,
• Infants occupying seperate seat counted as a child

Question 6

Checked Baggage Weights

Answer 6

• All flights except Intercontinental: 13KG,
• Intercontinental: 15KG

Question 7

Intercontinental Destinations

Answer 7

• Intercontinental destinations are notified by AFB,
• Paper Loadsheet are not authorised to/from these destinations,
• If OPT U/S, contact Performance Department

Question 8

Wheelchairs as Checked Baggage

Answer 8

• Included in OPT as an additional 160KG,
• On Paper Loadsheet included as “Cargo Equivalent” and,
• In the SI box “Electric Wheelchair”, specifying number/weight/hold

Question 9

Actual Bag Weights

Answer 9

• Only provided at airports approved by Ground Operations and when eLID is in use,
• Not available for Paper Loadsheets

Question 10

General Loading Policy

Answer 10

• First 105/160 bags (MAX/NG) loaded FWD (mainly 2) Cargo,
• Rest loaded to AFT Cargo (Mainly 3, overfill to 4),
• FWD Hold 1 used for fragile, buggies etc,
• Freight should be loaded to AFT Hold 3 (size permitting),
• Freight loaded before the baggages to not impede the offload of bags,
• Unless AOG, Freight has low priority and not accepted STD - 10,
• For Freight: “IF IN DOUBT - LEAVE IT OUT”

Question 11

Reverse Loading Policy

Answer 11

• With medium pax/baggage numbers and Freight,
• May be necessary to load Freight in the FWD and baggages AFT

Question 12

Loading for Flights With Increased Load of Fuel

Answer 12

• Starting from 13000KG of fuel,
• FWD Hold 2 maximum baggage number decreases with increasing pax/fuel

Question 13

Non-Standard Weights

Answer 13

• May be used for pax/baggage that significantly differ from average (military, athletic squads etc),
• Paper loadsheet is required,
• Total passenger weight must not exceed 17305/18916KG (MAX/NG),
• Equivalent Passenger Count = Total Weight of Non-Standard Passengers / 84,
• Equivalent Bag Count = Total Weight of Non-Standard Bags / 13,
• Annotate in the SI box: “50 x 168kg PAX CO.NOTAM XXXX/XX - Equivalent Pax Count = 100” or,
  -“50 x 26 kg Bags CO.NOTAM XXXX/XX - Equivalent Bag Count = 100”

Question 14

Tipping CG and Most Adverse Conditions

Answer 14

• 50.8% MAC,
• Low weight with aft CG,
• Very low fuel or Full Main Tanks with empty Center Tank,
• Large nose-up stabilizer trim

Question 15

Tipping Precautions

Answer 15

• Stabilizer Trim 4 units,
• AFT holds loaded last and unloaded first when single door boarding/deboarding,
• Maximum 1000KG Cargo/Spare loaded in AFT Hold 3 and Hold 4 must be empty before single door boarding/deboarding

Question 16

LID Extra Seat Categories

Answer 16

• ITEMSEAT, EXTRA: Musical instrument/Wedding Dress. Calculated as adult, included in TOB but not THOB,
• COMFORTSEAT, EXTRA: Large passenger. Not adult, included in TOB but not THOB,
• LEGSEAT1, EXTRA: Broken leg. Not adult, included in TOB but not THOB,
• INFANTSEAT, EXTRA: Infant occupying a seat. Not adult, included in TOB but not THOB,
• Being adult and inclusion in TOB/THOB is related to only Paper Loadsheet

Question 17

If Unable to Send OPT Calculation

Answer 17

• Add the calculated TOW and CG to the Paper LID and return a copy to the Handling Agent,
• At the discretion of the Commander, original and copies may be amended by both parties respectively

Question 18

Paper LID Completion Time

Answer 18

• STD - 15,
• To reduce any LMCs to minimum

Question 19

eLID LMC

Answer 19

At the discretion of the Commander, eLID may be edited then signed and submiited by the flight crew

Question 20

Light Weight Trim Issues

Answer 20

For light weight “FERRY” option in the OPT may be selected provided:
- Max 19 passengers,
- Max 2 passenger per row,
- No passenger present aft of row 17

Question 21

Paper Load Sheet Limitations

Answer 21

• Handling agent prepares LID/eLID and Flight crew prepares Load Sheet with this figures
• Must be used when Non-standard weights used,
• Not authorised for Actual Bag weights,
• Not authorised for flights to/from Intercontinental Destinations

Question 22

Paper Load Sheet Trim Values

Answer 22

For B737-8200 paper value is only correct when:
- Full T/O thrust and,
- Flaps 5

Otherwise correction is required

Question 23

THOB and TOB

Answer 23

• THOB: Total Heads on Board. Includes crew, supernumeraries, passengers, infants,
• TOB: Total number of REVENUE passengers and LMCs

Question 24

Jump Seat Occupancy on Loadsheets

Answer 24

• Supernumeraries and ticketed staff on JS must be treated as a crew,
• Could be done by inclusion in the DOW or as an LMC

Question 25

Supernumeraries on Loadsheet

Answer 25

• Included in THOB but not on TOB,
• Annotate crewcodes in the SI box accordingly

Question 26

FGBs

Answer 26

• Free Gate Bags,
• Up to 15 carry-on bags may be tagged as FGBs and Loaded in the Hold,
• Trim influence must be accounted for by 1/2 of bags (rounding up),
• Annotate SI box “15 x FGBs in Hold 2”

Question 27

GBs

Answer 27

• Gate Bags,
• Oversized cabin bags will be tagged and loaded in the Hold,
• Weight and Trim influence must be accounted for same as a standard Hold Bag,
• Annotate SI box “2 x GBs in Hold 2”