LOAD AND TRIM SHEET Ethiopian

The Traffic Load is the total mass of

passengers, baggage and freight,
zfm
including any 'non revenue load". zero
fuel
Catering, Removable Passenger
mass
Service Equipment, Potable
fire Water, Lavatory Chemicals,
extinguisher Food and Beverages.
dom rm
dry ramp
operating mass
mass start taxi and
run up fuel

basic crew and

empty their baggage
oxygen mass
equipment t/o fuel
lm
t/o fuel
tom landing
Traffic Load takeoff mass
aeroplane mass mass
0m
subtarcting trip fuel
The OM is the DOM + fuel mass
but without traffic load.
A load sheet in its simplest form is
a list showing the BEM/DOM and
CG position. Added in tabular
form are the elements of the
traffic load and fuel by their
individual masses, arms and
moments. From this list the take-off
mass and CG position can be
calculated.
Underload is defined as the difference between the allowable traffic load and the
actual traffic load. It is a term used in mass and balance representing an amount of
spare mass which may be available to accommodate last minute changes to the
load without exceeding limitations

The Traffic Load is the total mass of passengers, baggage and freight, including any
'non revenue load'.

Underload= Maximum allowable traffic load - Actual traffic load

To arrive at the underload it is necessary to calculate both the maximum allowable

traffic load and the actual traffic load for the fight and the difference between
them becomes the underfood.
There are 4 formulas used to calculate the maximum allowable traffic load. The
lowest of the 4 solutions will be the maximum allowable traffic load. The formulas
must be learnt and recalled when required. Note the fourth will only be limiting if
the taxi fuel is greater than the difference between maximum structural ramp mass
and the maximum structural take-off mass, a nituation that should be avoided.

1. TRAFFIC LOAD (STRUCTURAL LIMITED) = MZFM - DOM

2. TRAFFIC LOAD (TAKE-OFF LIMITED) = RTOM - DOM-TOF

3. TRAFFIC LOAD (LANDING LIMITED) RLM - DOM-FUEL REMAINING

4. TRAFFIC LOAD= MAX STRUCTURAL TAXI/RAMP MASS-DOM - RAMP FUEL (take-off +

taxi fuel)
The Medium Range Twin Jet designated as (MRJT)Load and Trim sheet is split into
two parts, Part A and Part B.

Part A(Load sheet) is the loading document which itemises the mass and its distribu-
tion
i.e. operating mass, traffic and fuel load. Part B indicates how each mass in turn
affects the position of the CG in terms of MAC. The ZFM and the TOM must be
within the relevant operational limits of the graphical envelope at the end of part B.
The loading summary of the Load and Trim Sheet, Part A, is split into 3 sections.
Section 1 is used to establish
the limiting take-off mass,
maximum allowable traffic load and
Tr- Transit
underload before last minute change (LMC). B- Baggage

Section 2 shows C- Cargo

the distribution of the traffic load using abbreviations. M- Mail

Section 3 summarises PAX- Passengers

the loading and is a check that limiting values are not PAX F- First Class
exceeded.
PAX C - Club/Business 1

PAX Y - Economy
Part B(TRIM SHEET)
Data in part A will be loaded into part B of the trim sheet. It deals with the effects
on the centre of gravity of loading the traffic load and the take-off fuel, and the
determination of stabiliser trim position for take-off. It will enable the pilot to
establish the zero fuel mass and take-off mass CG as a percentage MAC, for the
combination of passenger, cargo and fuel load. The landing mass centre of gravity
position is seldom required because it will remain within limits due to the fuel usage
during flight.