Originally Posted by
HDQDD
Not true. Take it from someone who worked on the ramp and in cargo: The only cargo that would trump bags would be must-ride AOG/AOM or some type of other emergency cargo.
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This was also my experience working the AA ramp for 25 years at LAX and SJC. Unless there was a must-ride/AOG, first off was non-priority mail, followed by cargo. If we were at limits and had bags left, we called "Loads" to open the window in our DECS system. On the SJC-NRT MD-11 back in the day, we sometimes had to remove massive pallets of produce, as this was a very common commodity among our cargo each day.