Load control

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As Load Control and charging control is known in the aviation part of the process of aircraft handling . As a rule, the term includes all activities relating to charging planning, monitoring and documentation.

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Before an aircraft can take off, a multitude of activities must be performed. Some of them are visible to the passenger from the outside; for example refueling or loading suitcases, freight and mail. Other preparations take place in the background.

An arbitrary distribution of guests in the cabin and luggage and cargo in the hold would, in the worst case, lead to a critical center of gravity and the machine to crash. For this reason, load control is one of the most important processes in aircraft handling. No aircraft is able to take off safely without a load sheet.

Charge control process

The people involved in the load control process are known as load controllers or load control agents. You collect all available data on the flight hours before departure: number of crew members, booked guests, booked freight, the expected number of suitcases, the required amount of fuel and the additional amount of water, food and other materials required on board (for example Catering for the return flight). With the help of this data, they create a loading plan that must enable a safe take-off, a stable and economical flight and a safe landing. Among other things, the structural limits of the aircraft manufacturer or the loading capacity of dangerous goods and animals must be observed.

The loading plan is then translated into a loading plan, which is handed over to the loading staff at the time of dispatch. In the event of deviations (e.g. delivery of more or fewer cases than planned), the loading staff and the load controller will be contacted. In addition, the loading planning is supplemented with current data, for example the final amount of fuel or the allocation of seats to the guests. With the final data, the load sheet is created, which provides the PIC (pilot in command) with an overview of all transported goods and guests on board. It also contains important data on the aircraft's center of gravity, according to which the pilot has to "trim" his machine.

EDP ​​support

Pilots of sports aircraft usually create a "handloadsheet" on forms provided by the aircraft manufacturer before departure. A Boeing 747 could theoretically be handled this way, but this process is very time-consuming. For this reason almost all airlines use EDP ​​systems .

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