Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - A320/A319 MTOW seems wrong in ACARS and training docs

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | Airline Operations | A320/A319 MTOW seems wrong in ACARS and training docs

DVA7196
Captain, B767-300

Joined on March 29 2009
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Seattle, WA USA

472 legs, 1,383.9 hours
30 legs, 55.7 hours online
469 legs, 1,368.8 hours ACARS
18 legs, 35.8 hours event

Posted onPost created on September 11 2009 23:32 ET by Tom Scholl

It appears the A320/A319 weights are wrong in the training documentation as well as in ACARS.

According to the training docs, it states:

DVA training docs A319 MTOW - 141,100lbs
Wikipedia (and other sources) report 166,000lbs

DVA training docs A320 MTOW - 170,000lbs
Wikipedia (and other sources) report 170,000lbs

This is a problem because I am attempting to t/o with > 141klbs and I'm getting ding'd for being overweight. Same issue with landing.

Any way to get this addressed?

Tom Scholl

Captain, B767-300

DVA2843
First Officer, MD-11

Joined on January 25 2006
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Zürich, Zurich CH

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2 legs, 2.4 hours online
124 legs, 238.4 hours ACARS
154 legs, 300.0 hours total
0 legs dispatched, 11.2 hours

Posted onPost created on September 12 2009 06:48 ET by Nicolas Ammann

There are different variants with different MTOW. The MTOW has a range from 64 to 75.5 tonnes. I don't know which ones NWA uses

Nicolas Ammann

First Officer, MD-11

DVA2996
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP

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Montréal, QC Canada

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496 legs, 1,363.6 hours online
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Posted onPost created on September 12 2009 14:28 ET by Matthew Gervais

in the process of having it fixed. Pacience is a factor it will all be fixed in good time.

Matthew Gervais (DVA2996)

DVA3244
Captain, A330-300

Joined on June 12 2006
Century Club
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Kalamazoo, MI USA

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7 legs, 17.6 hours online
134 legs, 288.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on September 17 2009 21:23 ET by Eugene Miller

Interesting information. In my checkride there were concerns that my take off and landing weights were well over limits and that my fuel calculations may have been off. I knew something wasn't right with that and now I feel better about my performance during that checkriide. Thanks!

Eugene Miller

Captain, A330-300

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