What difference would removing one passenger and a bag or two do? FARK ALL!
Originally Posted by
LarryJ
The difference between legal and not-legal.
When it comes to performance, weight, and fuel issues there are specific limits. One pound below the limit is good, one pound above is not.
That's exactly right. When it comes to these calculations, all of the "fudge factors" and safety margins are already built into the published limits. It's drilled into pilots during training that they can comfortably go right up to the limits, but not even a bit over. This removes the situation of each pilot individually deciding how much fudge factor to add or subtract from the published limits to get to the "real" number.