On Mar 30, 4:07*am, Ed Sharkey wrote:

FB

Thanks for that. *Most interesting.

I guess it gets pretty tense in the cockpit if you're taxying without
"numbers"!

Actually its no biggie. The load planner gets together with the
dispatcher a few hours before a flight and after the fuel load is
determined he looks at the loads (Bookings) and sends a loading
schedule to the ground crew so the plane will be loaded within the CG
range. I have never seen one out of CG range, but on the smaller jets
(737, MD-88) it is possible to be too heavy for some of the runways or
intersections.

What's ACARS?

Aircraft Communication Addressing and Reporting System.


Who provides the information they're missing? *The company? The
handling agent?

Typically we are waiting on the baggage handlers for the final bag/
cargo count.


I presume it's 'downlinked' somehow to the on-board flight computer?

Yes, on to the ACARS and then we print it out. The final paperwork at
an airport like KBOS is several pages long.

FB