Originally Posted by
bj27
Just hopped on an AS (operated by QX) E75 SEA to BOI. Looks like a completely full flight, door closed on time, then re-opens 10 mins later.
Weight and balance issue apparently (“we’re too heavy to fly”) so they had to offload 3 non-revs (bummer).
I know these things happen all the time but curious if anyone has any other experiences to share or knowledge of how it happens (e.g., weather? fuel? too many passengers checking heavy ski bags like me?)?
Only a 30 min delay while they sorted it out, but wondering if others have experienced the same / if it tends to happen on certain AC / during certain seasons / to certain stations.
My guess is heavy baggage/cargo. The E75 does not need a lot of runway to take off for the relatively short SEA-BOI flight, so unless it was carrying
a lot of extra fuel, it would have to be passenger baggage and/or cargo. (I expect that it was not particularly warm in SEA yesterday; today's expected high is just 49°F.)