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Air carrier dispatcher reported improper belly loading on md-11 that could allow a load shift if not caught before departure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1543047 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201805 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | MD-11 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Dispatcher |
| Qualification | Dispatch Dispatcher |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance |
Narrative:
Over the past eight days; [this aircraft has] been loaded by our ramp teams in a configuration that allows load shifts. Fortunately; several of the [operations] recovery specialists are keeping a very close eye on this issue and making every attempt to correct the issue before departure. I'm told the initial load configurations in the forward belly were loaded on [two different] flights. However; [operations] recovery corrected the issue before departure. It's an ongoing issue that is only being prevented at times when a [dispatcher] or [operations] recovery specialist is on shift that's familiar with the issue. Several emails have been sent to engineering and airline technology at [company] which have been ignored. Thus; I'm filing this [report].it was explained to me that in the old [weight and balance]; this was something the ramp agents could not overlook or ignore. It gave them an error message in the past.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Dispatcher reported improper belly loading on MD-11 that could allow a load shift if not caught before departure.
Narrative: Over the past eight days; [this aircraft has] been loaded by our ramp teams in a configuration that allows load shifts. Fortunately; several of the [operations] recovery specialists are keeping a very close eye on this issue and making every attempt to correct the issue before departure. I'm told the initial load configurations in the forward belly were loaded on [two different] flights. However; [operations] recovery corrected the issue before departure. It's an ongoing issue that is only being prevented at times when a [Dispatcher] or [Operations] Recovery Specialist is on shift that's familiar with the issue. Several emails have been sent to engineering and airline technology at [Company] which have been ignored. Thus; I'm filing this [report].It was explained to me that in the old [weight and balance]; this was something the ramp agents could not overlook or ignore. It gave them an error message in the past.
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.