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The well know Italian chemtrailist "tankerenemy" aka Rosario Marciano' interviewed a technician working at the Malpensa airport (MXP, North Italy, close to Milan).
A transcript of the interview is available here (in Italian only).
The two main points raised by Enrico Gianini (the whistleblower) are:
I understand that the first point was addressed in this forum before, therefore I would like to have your opinion about the second point.
More in detail, Gianini claims that in the past (MD80 up to A319) he was accustomed to load cargo starting from the rear of the fuselage to improve the balance of the airplane especially during takeoff (it seems to make sense). More recently, he claims, he is told to load more and more cargo at the front of the fuselage (from A320, but also B737-800, especially with low-cost companies), as if the rear were not available or already loaded with something dubious. He also claims that under instructions by a new handling company even on A319 he was instructed to load at the front as much as possible.
Your take?
A transcript of the interview is available here (in Italian only).
The two main points raised by Enrico Gianini (the whistleblower) are:
- fluids from various aircraft pipes, water found in the cargo space
- alleged new way to load the cargo in a passenger plane
The problem, he adds, came back to him in another form: the strange way of loading luggage and goods. "The first time I was on the square - he remembers - there were the Md-80 of Alitalia", manufactured by McDonnell Douglas. "We first loaded the trunk in the hold 5, which is the rear, then the 4, the goods at 3, the post at 2. In 1, only the baggage of the crew. That was the standard load of the MD-80 Alitalia, until the de-hubbing ". Recently, Gianini happened to still deal with Md-80 aircraft, no longer Alitalia but with a charter company, discovering that the loading system has radically changed: luggage ahead, rather than at the bottom.
"The first low cost airlines (Volare, Air Europe) always loaded the baggage from the tail, because the plane must always travel with the nose facing upwards", from 5 to 10 degrees of inclination. "If it does not travel like this, consumption increases considerably, and a low cost that increases consumption does not make sense." Moreover, the plane becomes more stable: «If instead it travels horizontal, any turbulence causes it to pitch». Up to the Airbus 319, Gianini says, the planes were loaded starting from the tail. On the Airbus 320, however, no: "All the weight is in front. Because?". It makes no sense, the operator reasons. "Behind it's empty. The 320 is longer than 319, and I have to put all the weight in front ". Ditto, for low cost companies that use the Boeing 737-800, as well as the upper or lower models: they load almost everything in front.Airbus 319 Lufthansafirst they loaded the hold behind the cargo box, now they divide the load: they tell you how much luggage behind and how many in front. They tell me "80 luggage behind", whereas before they were 120. So - concludes Gianini - it emerges that these planes seem to have weight, in the queue, not declared ".....
I understand that the first point was addressed in this forum before, therefore I would like to have your opinion about the second point.
More in detail, Gianini claims that in the past (MD80 up to A319) he was accustomed to load cargo starting from the rear of the fuselage to improve the balance of the airplane especially during takeoff (it seems to make sense). More recently, he claims, he is told to load more and more cargo at the front of the fuselage (from A320, but also B737-800, especially with low-cost companies), as if the rear were not available or already loaded with something dubious. He also claims that under instructions by a new handling company even on A319 he was instructed to load at the front as much as possible.
Your take?
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