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Got bumped the other day in MSP because there wasn't any ballast available. I don't understand why they don't have ballast in a major hub?
I talked to the captain well before the flight, but he couldn't make it work.
I've heard this in DTW more times than I can count:
Pilot: Flagship 5900 needs ballast at C27.
Ops: We don't have any.
Pilot: You're telling me we have zero ballast at this airport.
Ops: That's right.
Could the Pinnacle pilots please pressure your company to add balast to the back of the plane or have sandbags available so that the cockpit JS is open again?
Flying out of DTW yesterday dispatch said we needed 1800 in the cargo to get the jumpseater on. Mesaba said there was no ballast available so we had to leave the jumpseater behind. After we left the gate the dispatcher told us to return to the gate to get ballast just for our current load. Magically, Mesaba now had ballast to add to the cargo. Seems to always be a problem in DTW.
I have never left a jumpseater and never will leave a jumpseater. I have got into alot of pissing matches with the gate agents and dispache over getting a jumpseater on so my piss must be stronger. Actually to come think of it I bumped a pax to get a jumpseater on the other day. Pinnacle captains will go out of there way to get a jumpseater on. You come find me and you will never be left behind.