"David Herman" wrote in message news:1100058649.23143@yasure...
Yeah, on "cargo" planes, there are no troublesome passengers around to fight
back against the hijackers up front who took over.

I can't help but wonder just a little bit about what's behind all these
questions...

FWIW, the 9/11 trick will only work once, and that one time is behind us.
Nobody's gonna let that one be repeated.

I've only thought of myself as someone who finds flying totally
captivating, but one without the financial resources to actually learn
piloting. To even think the way you are makes me more than a bit down


Anyway, why I asked this Q was because I was wondering what the
different weight distribution patterns would do to the aircraft's
piloting.

Interestingly, when I'd once asked this pilot colleague of mine on how
pilots regulate luggage weight distributions pre-flight, he had said
he didn't ever bother with that. "That's the work of the ground
personnel, and I'm never bothered about it as a pilot," he said. It
struck me as fascinating because until then, I was somehow of the
thought that weight distribution patterns told on how an aircraft
would handle (not sure 'handle' is the appropriate term).

I work here in Dubai, but I'm not an Arab. And most definitely not one
with malicious intent, David

Ramapriya