B757 had a weight and balance discrepancy.

Attributes
ACN	427986
Time
Date	199902
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bdl.airport
State Reference	CT
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	427986
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	428130
Events
Anomaly	cabin event other non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

Informed by catering aircraft was missing 6 food carts due to ferry flight from ewr previously. Conferred with load and dispatch. Informed load was utilizing standard bow versus international bow to compensate for missing carts. Agreed with safe assessment of aircraft. Aft flight attendant informed us of safety issue concerning movement of carts due to open spaces in galley storage areas. Placard also indicates full cart compliment or zero cart compliment. Without consultation gate agent informed us of adding additional carts to compensate for missing carts. My idea was to relocate carts to open spaces in forward galley. Problem seemed to be solved with addition of 2 extra empty carts. I allowed agent to do as such. We were beyond departure time. Upon reflection at cruise I realized additional carts may have nullified standard bow originally planned.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 HAD A WT AND BAL DISCREPANCY.

Narrative: INFORMED BY CATERING ACFT WAS MISSING 6 FOOD CARTS DUE TO FERRY FLT FROM EWR PREVIOUSLY. CONFERRED WITH LOAD AND DISPATCH. INFORMED LOAD WAS UTILIZING STANDARD BOW VERSUS INTL BOW TO COMPENSATE FOR MISSING CARTS. AGREED WITH SAFE ASSESSMENT OF ACFT. AFT FLT ATTENDANT INFORMED US OF SAFETY ISSUE CONCERNING MOVEMENT OF CARTS DUE TO OPEN SPACES IN GALLEY STORAGE AREAS. PLACARD ALSO INDICATES FULL CART COMPLIMENT OR ZERO CART COMPLIMENT. WITHOUT CONSULTATION GATE AGENT INFORMED US OF ADDING ADDITIONAL CARTS TO COMPENSATE FOR MISSING CARTS. MY IDEA WAS TO RELOCATE CARTS TO OPEN SPACES IN FORWARD GALLEY. PROB SEEMED TO BE SOLVED WITH ADDITION OF 2 EXTRA EMPTY CARTS. I ALLOWED AGENT TO DO AS SUCH. WE WERE BEYOND DEP TIME. UPON REFLECTION AT CRUISE I REALIZED ADDITIONAL CARTS MAY HAVE NULLIFIED STANDARD BOW ORIGINALLY PLANNED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.