From the west point of view. The past two days in a row we have had to weight restrict las-phx flts on the a320.we never had this problem before either. The only times we had weight problems was in the summer when it was 100+ outside, and thats when balance comes into play as well and only on long hauls. i believe its coming from 2 places, dispatch gives the numbers to CLP well from what Im told only 18% of flts are actually planned by a human the rest are done by a computer. Which means the CLP agent or computer never askes dipatch for more MTOW and CLP just uses what DX gives them. so if they are carrying lots of hold fuel it probably could have been reduced an hour earlier if someone really cared but we are using computers to plan our flts for us at CLP. I have also been told that if its a balance issue they will just say weight restricted to solve the problem, instead properly balancing the aircrafts payload.
Not to mention that our cabin breakdowns have significantlly changed for A320, the west was 12/66/72, now its 12/54/84. The other amazing thing is now we load it tail heavy before it was load nose heavy.
Not to mention that our cabin breakdowns have significantlly changed for A320, the west was 12/66/72, now its 12/54/84. The other amazing thing is now we load it tail heavy before it was load nose heavy.
