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B787 captain reported receiving three weight and balance revisions and a runway change during taxi out requiring the first officer to be heads down during the entire taxi to the runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1382006 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201608 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B787 Dreamliner Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 18531 Flight Crew Type 2079 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
We received weights just prior to pushback. As we were pushing; we got an ACARS message stating that the weights were no longer valid. After start; we got final weights again. Again we got a notification that the weights were no longer valid. Upon taxi clearance; we were given a different runway. To keep things simple we asked if we could use our planned runway. ATC advised that if we required the original runway that there could be delays. We ran the runway change checklist and then got another invalid weights ACARS message. We finally got the final weights just before the runway. From [pushback to the runway] the first officer was heads down working. He was working nonstop during the taxi. I am very familiar with ZZZ so I elected to continue taxiing. If this had occurred elsewhere I would have asked ATC for a place we could stop the aircraft. We had four different final weights; three invalid weights messages and one runway change. I felt safety was compromised since I was the only one with eyes outside.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B787 Captain reported receiving three weight and balance revisions and a runway change during taxi out requiring the First Officer to be heads down during the entire taxi to the runway.
Narrative: We received weights just prior to pushback. As we were pushing; we got an ACARS message stating that the weights were no longer valid. After start; we got final weights again. Again we got a notification that the weights were no longer valid. Upon taxi clearance; we were given a different runway. To keep things simple we asked if we could use our planned runway. ATC advised that if we required the original runway that there could be delays. We ran the runway change checklist and then got another invalid weights ACARS message. We finally got the final weights just before the runway. From [pushback to the runway] the FO was heads down working. He was working nonstop during the taxi. I am very familiar with ZZZ so I elected to continue taxiing. If this had occurred elsewhere I would have asked ATC for a place we could stop the aircraft. We had FOUR different final weights; three invalid weights messages and one runway change. I felt safety was compromised since I was the only one with eyes outside.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.