How does your regional do wt & balance?

[FightTheFuture]

spin that wheel

... Of course in the RJ, it's all done by the computer.....

We still do it manually on the beagle RJs. There is talk of W&B being done through ACARS but no word yet on when that will happen, and I thought it was gonna be on all domestic ops(SAABs too).


For you aviators at the other REgionAL airlines, how is your performance done? Is that done via ACARS too or manually?

 

[VADriver]

At a previous east Central Carolina RJ operator is was all done on one sheet. The FO did it and the CA did a quick check...not bad for paper..

At this East Coast operator, it takes two task monkeys to do one's job. The FO gets the manifest and while s/he is adding up the numbers the CA is stretching his/her neck trying to see the data to spin the wheel....looks like half of my cousins ERAU class taking a test....

There is this electronic box with a numeric key pad...whats that for anyway? Super secret stuff??

 

[Av8trxx]

Re: spin that wheel

We still do it manually on the beagle RJs.

Then all the performance books must be in the computer so you don't have to goosechase between books for limiting to/land weights to fill out the sheet? The jet guys who took SF3 recall I am with are moaning to no end how "It wasn't like this in the jet. That's what computers are for." (Well, that's basically the comment they have for EVERYTHING on the Saab...)

 

[FightTheFuture]

Re: Re: spin that wheel

Then all the performance books must be in the computer so you don't have to goosechase between books for limiting to/land weights to fill out the sheet? The jet guys who took SF3 recall I am with are moaning to no end how "It wasn't like this in the jet. That's what computers are for." (Well, that's basically the comment they have for EVERYTHING on the Saab...)

I don't know what they are talking about. We have a hub analysis book or use VAQs. Most of the time though the RJ isn't limited performance-wise here on the east coast. We sometimes get restrictions due to enroute fuel burn on the shorter hauls.
Unless I missed a bulletin or F-4 message the process hasn't been automated yet.