Provide the analytical basis required to determine whether an aircraft is loaded within approved mass and centre-of-gravity limits for all phases of flight.

Core Syllabus Areas

• Purpose of mass and balance considerations and their relationship to safety, stability, controllability, and structural limits.
• Mass limitations and centre-of-gravity limitations.
• Loading concepts, including traffic load, standard masses, fuel effects, and loading documentation.
• Fundamentals of centre-of-gravity calculation, including datum, arm, moment, index, and balance references.
• Aircraft mass-and-balance systems, schedules, and loading forms.
• Determination of CG position by calculation, tables, charts, and trim-sheet methods.
• Cargo handling fundamentals, including loading distribution, floor loading, restraint, and compartment limitations.

Key Competencies

• Calculate and verify mass, traffic load, and CG position accurately
• Interpret loading sheets, trim sheets, and loading schedules correctly.
• Assess the effect of loading decisions on stability and controllability.
• Identify out-of-limits loading conditions before dispatch.
• Apply mass-and-balance logic to both planning and in-flight fuel-burn effects.

6 Pages.