EMJ CAPT OBSERVES BAGGAGE LOADING DISCREPANCIES AT BGR.

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I NOTED LARGE OVERSIZE BAGS AND 1 CASE WITH HEAVY MARKINGS ON BAG CART ON THE WAY TO THE ACFT AT BGR. WHEN THE AGENT GAVE THE CREW THE LOAD SHEET; THERE WERE ONLY STANDARD CHKED BAGS INDICATED. I QUESTIONED THE AGENT ABOUT THE ISSUE. THE AGENT INDICATED THEY WERE ALL STANDARD BAGS. I WENT OUT TO THE CARGO HOLD; POINTED OUT A CASE WITH HEAVY MARKINGS; AND ASKED TO HAVE IT CHKED. RAMP AGENT REFUSED AND TOLD ME TO DO IT MYSELF. STATION PERSONNEL INDICATED THEY DETERMINE BAG WTS. I ASKED TO SEE STATION MANUAL ON WT AND BAL OPS; AND POINTED OUT EXAMPLE PHOTOS TO GIVE GUIDANCE TO RAMP PERSONNEL. AGENT THEN REMEMBERED THAT 1 BAG WAS 72 LBS; AND RECALCULATED THE LOAD SHEET. INCURRED A 5 MIN DELAY. I (CAPT) WAS REMOVED FROM FLT STATUS AFTER BLOCKING IN AT ZZZ. I WAS REINSTATED AND THEN REMOVED FROM FLT STATUS THE FOLLOWING DAY. I HAVE TO RPT TO VICE PRESIDENT OF FLT OPS OVER THE MATTER. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 575963: THE ORIGINAL LOAD STATED 5 CARRYON AND 29 STANDARD BAGS. REVISED LOAD SHEET INDICATED 5 CARRYON; 28 STANDARD; AND 1 AT 72 LBS. OFFLOAD AT ZZZ WAS 7 CARRYON; 24 STANDARD; AND 4 OVERSIZED BAGS. UNABLE TO HAVE BAG WITH HEAVY MARKINGS WEIGHED IN THE TIME AVAILABLE. 1 BOX OF AOG IN THE HOLD WAS NOT MARKED ON EITHER SHEET. BGR AGENTS INDICATE THEY LIFT BAGS TO DETERMINE WT CRITERIA. MANUAL INDICATED SIZE AS A FACTOR TO DETERMINE AVERAGE WTS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT HE HAD NOTICED BAGGAGE WT DISCREPANCIES AT BGR ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS AND; THEREFORE; WAS CHKING THE LOAD CAREFULLY. RPTR ESTIMATES THAT THE BAGGAGE LOAD ON THIS FLT COULD HAVE BEEN OFF; BUT THAT THE WT AND BAL WAS WITHIN LIMITS; AND THERE WERE NO ADVERSE FLT CHARACTERISTICS NOTED. RPTR ADVISED THAT HE IS CURRENTLY OFF OF FLT STATUS FOR MATTERS UNRELATED TO THE BAGGAGE LOADING INCIDENT; AND THAT HE IS CONSIDERING RESIGNING FROM THE COMPANY. RPTR STATED THAT THE COMPANY HAS INDICATED THAT HE COULD NOT BE FAULTED FOR QUESTIONING THE LOAD OR DELAYING THE DEP.