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Comment on this article
Andy Robins
January 23, 2015 at 2:25 amHow can he not be dismissed, there is strong indications that other flights have left without the total cargo being weighed.
Shippers/Agents have been known to try and shave volume at times, but that is a pure financial loss to the carrier.
If it is known they are not check weighing at the Export shed, could lead shippers/agents to shave off the dead weight, perhaps small at first, but greed can blur this line.
Now you are into a trivial financial loss on cargo revenue, compared to loss of life.
This guy should be in jail.