A. LOADING GENERALITIES
A. LOADING GENERALITIES
1. LOAD CONTROL
1.1. Loading constraints
The main constraints an airline has to face for loading are the following:
. Safety must be insured during the whole flight whatever goods are transported.
. Short time for loading: airlines want to have the aircraft ground time as short as possible in order to respect schedules if an operational irregularity occurred and to make more profit increasing the aircraft utilization.
. The whole shipment must arrive in good condition at destination airport, particularly special goods such as dangerous goods, perishable cargo and live animals.
. Loading and unloading must be done at the right place: any mistake concerning the location of the shipment in the aircraft or, above all, its destination could engender extra expenses and be very detrimental to the image of the airline.
To meet the above objectives and in the interest of flight safety, airlines have to set up an organization for an efficient load control and ensure a high level of proficiency of all staff engaged in load control work. Recommendations are provided in IATA AHM part 590.
1.2. Load control organization and responsibilities
Load control is a procedure ensuring that: . Aircraft center of gravity will remain within limits during the whole flight . Aircraft weight limitations are not exceeded . Aircraft is loaded in accordance with the airline‘s regulation . Information on the loadsheet reflects the actual load on the aircraft
A few years ago, airlines used to issue manual loadsheets. Nowadays, EDP (Electronic Data Processing) systems are widely used, leading to different working organizations. Nevertheless, responsibilities inside the organization remain comparable.
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A. LOADING GENERALITIES
1.2.1. Manual loadsheet
The load control organization shall be based, at every station, on three functions to ensure the compatibility of all figures on the loadsheet with the actual loading of the aircraft:
a) Function 1 : Load planner and loadsheet agent / Load controller / D1 …
The main task of this agent is to issue loading instructions (LIR) for people in charge of the loading, according to the information collected from the passenger and cargo departments, and then to prepare the loadsheet.
The responsibilities of the load planner are to:
. Collect all data relating to the load for a specific flight (Cargo, baggage, mail,
transit load from incoming LDM/CPM)
. Plan load for total flight and ensure that hold capacities and different limitations
are not exceeded and center of gravity remains within limits
. Plan special loads according to restrictions, maximum quantities, separation and
segregation requirements
. Consider the effect of the center of gravity on fuel consumption
. Issue the Loading Instruction Report (LIR)
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