Md-83 flight crew reported they were told after completion of a charter flight that the contract gro...

Attributes
ACN	1331281
Time
Date	201406
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-83
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance

Narrative:

The airport manager at [our destination] brought to my attention that the previous day's [load planning on a charter flight] had given us the incorrect number of loaded bags in the aft cargo. They told us (the crew) they had loaded 89 bags aft with 160 people on board. That bag count seemed low to us as a crew and we questioned two ground crew members if that was in fact correct and they confirmed the correct bag count aft. The airport manager informed us the crew today that there were approximately 50 additional bags aft that were not accounted for.the station should be trained on the proper bag loading procedure. There should also be a [company] ground supervisor to be able to possibly ride along on these charter flights to supervise the ground personnel that are not accustomed to [company] flights.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD-83 flight crew reported they were told after completion of a charter flight that the contract ground operations company at the departure airport gave them incorrect information on their weight manifest.

Narrative: The airport manager at [our destination] brought to my attention that the previous day's [load planning on a charter flight] had given us the incorrect number of loaded bags in the aft cargo. They told us (the crew) they had loaded 89 bags aft with 160 people on board. That bag count seemed low to us as a crew and we questioned two ground crew members if that was in fact correct and they confirmed the correct bag count aft. The airport manager informed us the crew today that there were approximately 50 additional bags aft that were not accounted for.The station should be trained on the proper bag loading procedure. There should also be a [company] ground supervisor to be able to possibly ride along on these charter flights to supervise the ground personnel that are not accustomed to [company] flights.

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Md-83 flight crew reported they were told after completion of a charter flight that the contract ground operations company at the departure airport gave them incorrect information on their weight manifest.