Weight check

Watch the video: Maintenance and weight checks

With Weight check on, every ACARS flight's take-off and landing weight is checked against the aircraft's maximum, as a real airline's load control does. It's off until staff switch it on.

Switching it on

1. Open Staff › Airline settings › Optional features.
2. Switch on Weight check (under Flight analysis) and save.

What is checked

• Take-off weight, against the maximum take-off weight.
• Landing weight, against the maximum landing weight.

The maximum comes from the SimBrief plan attached to the booking, which knows the exact variant. Without a plan, Vaeroly uses a built-in figure for the type, the heaviest common version. That figure is a guide: attach a SimBrief plan for the exact limits. A type it has no figure for isn't checked.

ACARS 2.8.23 or later records the weights. Manual PIREPs aren't checked.

What happens

An overweight flight goes to staff with a note such as "Over the maximum landing weight: 67100 kg (max 66000 kg)". It costs no points; staff decide.

If Aircraft need maintenance is on too, an overweight landing sends the aircraft for an inspection, for the same hours as after a hard landing. See Aircraft maintenance.