When using the Simbrief flight planning system AUTO setting for passenger load, with the BAE146, I frequently receive the message that the payload is above MTOW or MLW. I wonder why the system automatically selects a load which is then above the MTOW/MLW. Wouldn’t it be better if the system could automatically select a passenger total that is below the maximum permitted weights, then in the remarks box say ‘Load adjusted for MTOW/MLW’.
But it’s still a great system.
Hi, thanks for the message.
Just to clarify, that message is advising you that the load has been limited to respect the MTOW/MLW, not that it is above the MTOW/MLW. So you can interpret it the same way as ‘Load adjusted for MTOW/MLW’ essentially.
How SimBrief adjusts the load can vary, often it will reduce the cargo/baggage amount.
Best regards,
OK. That’s great. Thanks for the explanation it all makes sense now.
I probably should have explained that I always fill the loads into my runway performance spreadsheet, and check the exact weights against MTOW/MLW. So when your system says 50 pax, my spreadsheet automatically adds the pax weight and set baggage amount and shows a discrepancy. So I then have to reduce the passenger total by 1, while your system is trimming the baggage weight, which I guess is more realistic.
Hello it doesn’t say how you adjust after the flight planning, you’ve got to go to the parametrers to do that ? … Come on
Hi, SimBrief has already reduced the payload for you in such cases. You do not need to do anything, it’s just advising you.
Best regards,