AN A320 CREW COMMENTS ON CENTRAL LOAD PLANNING ERRORS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF OPERATING WITH IMPROPER WT; FLAP; EPR; AND ASSUMED TEMP.
Synopsis
AN A320 CREW COMMENTS ON CENTRAL LOAD PLANNING ERRORS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF OPERATING WITH IMPROPER WT; FLAP; EPR; AND ASSUMED TEMP.
Narrative
RLS 01 FPF SHOWED ZFW OF 132.6. ZZZ1 ATIS INFO; XA:56Z. PULLED UP RWY DATA FOR RWY 22L AT ZZZ1; ZFW 120.1P; FUEL ON BOARD (FOB) 18.8; TOG 138.2P. NOTIFIED DISPATCH WHO SENT AN AMENDED RLS 01. TAXIED TO RWY 22L; HAD TO SEND A MESSAGE TO LOAD PLANNING VIA MISC LP WITH PAX COUNT; WAITED 5-10 MINUTES FOR FINAL WEIGHTS. TWR CHANGED FROM RWY 22L TO 27L. PULLED UP DATA FOR RWY 27L; SHOWED A ZFW OF 131.9P; TOG 138.5P FLAPS 1. WEIGHT MANIFEST WAS RECEIVED; ZFW 131858; TOG 149958; MAC 26.8. I ADDED THE FUEL TO THE ZFW AND CAME UP WITH A TOG OF 150.3; CONFIRMING THE WEIGHT MANIFEST. PULLED UP ANOTHER RWY DATA 27L AND SHOWED: ZFW 131.9F; TOG 138.4F; FLAPS 1; EPR 1.31; ATGW 140.9; ATEMP 148/64. CAPT TALKED TO COORDINATION CONTROL WHO COULD NOT DO ANYTHING; EXCEPT TRY TO CALL LOAD PLANNING AND RELAY A MESSAGE. WE SENT A MESSAGE TO MISC LP TO EXPLAIN THE SIT. COORDINATION CONTROL CAME BACK TO US AND SAID THE ONLY THING THEY COULD SEE WRONG WAS WE NEEDED A FWD CG TO MAKE US LEGAL; MAC 26.8. COORDINATION CONTROL CALLED AGAIN AND SAID LOAD PLANNING HAD MADE THE NECESSARY CHANGES AND WE BROUGHT UP ANOTHER RWY DATA 27L: ZFW 131.9F; TOG 149.9; FLAPS 2; EPR 1.33; ATGW 150.7; ATEMP 139/59. NEVER HEARD A RESPONSE OR RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM LOAD PLANNING. SENT A MESSAGE TO DISPATCH TO UPDATE THE NEW ZFW AND RECEIVED RLS 02. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SIT; GIVEN RWY DATA OVER 11000 LBS UNDER ACTUAL WEIGHT WITH IMPROPER FLAP; EPR; AND ASSUMED TEMP.
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