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After reaching cruise altitude; a B767-300 flight crew received revised takeoff weights. Reporter expressed his belief that management's incompetence is/was responsible.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 997753 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201203 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 140 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 5500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance |
Narrative:
Shortly after leveling at cruise we received an ACARS message from load planning requesting a passenger count. Subsequent to providing it; we received a new final weight manifest with a zero fuel weight of 2;151 pounds greater than the final weights we received before departure.besides the obvious takeoff safety concerns; this would normally also have triggered contact with dispatch to recalculate enroute fuel consumption. Since we had additional fuel on board; this was not a significant issue. We continued to destination without incident. This is just one more incident demonstrating management's failure to understand safety issues being generated by a very complicated merger.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: After reaching cruise altitude; a B767-300 flight crew received revised takeoff weights. Reporter expressed his belief that management's incompetence is/was responsible.
Narrative: Shortly after leveling at cruise we received an ACARS message from load planning requesting a passenger count. Subsequent to providing it; we received a new final weight manifest with a Zero Fuel Weight of 2;151 LBS greater than the final weights we received before departure.Besides the obvious takeoff safety concerns; this would normally also have triggered contact with dispatch to recalculate enroute fuel consumption. Since we had additional fuel on board; this was not a significant issue. We continued to destination without incident. This is just one more incident demonstrating management's failure to understand safety issues being generated by a very complicated merger.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.