Originally Posted by
UA_Flyer
I am not an engineer, but this has happened to me twice before.
Once on the 757, I was asked to move half way during the flight (alone with other F passengers) to move to economy to balance the weight due to unexpected weather condition.
Second time, I had paid C and did not move. It was on 787-10 from IAD to PEK. I believe IAD-PEK was just under the range of the 787-10. No one got upgraded and Polaris cabin was fairly empty.
Again, I am not an engineer and just share my experience.
I had 3 instances on UA, all transpacific. 1x SFO-SIN, 1X EWR-HKG, 1x IAD-NRT.
Ironically I also experienced at least 3 instances on short <4 hr routes on other airlines in both intra-US and intra-Pacific flights where passenger seat count was <50% but incur issues with weather-wind or cargo load.
Originally Posted by
kb1992
Very interesting to read. Thanks for the insight.
However, I have never encountered W&B issue during my 20+ years of flying with United.
Nearly 2 million flight miles.
Keep flying and you may get lucky with probability 😛
Originally Posted by
LarryJ
In almost all cases you, as a passenger, would never know about it.
It affects your maximum weight but no specific affects on balance.
Thanks for clarification, I sometimes wonder why there are not actually more announcements about weight balance !