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Old Jun 11, 2019, 6:25 am
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Cory6188
 
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Originally Posted by Raymoland
Strange is in but true it also is. I flew the CRJs for years and we would often bring carryons that had been planned to be put in the cargo hold back up into the airplane where they magically no longer counted in Weight and Balance. Carryons in the cabin are included in passenger weights. Carryons loaded in the cargo hold weigh 30 lbs each. That's the magic of the FAA for you.
I realize that there are obviously tolerances with regards to W&B, but this seems like playing with fire a bit, no? If there's a reason that there are limits in the cargo hold, ostensibly for ensuring safe operation of flight, it seems like a bit of a logical fallacy that suddenly it's safe to operate and within acceptable limits because the same bags, with the same weight, are in the cabin.

I realize that this is all ostensibly taken into account as part of overall dispatch, but man, this one just seems strange.
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