DIGITALLY INDUSTRY SIGNED 2/13/2007 11:14:52 AM

Wilkison, Mark T.
Agent for Service Date: 02/13/2007

U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Operations Specifications Administration
A096. Actual Weight Program For All Aircraft  HQ Control: 05/27/05 HQ Revision: 010
a. The certificate holder is authorized to use only actual weights when determining the aircraft weight and balance.
(1)
This includes the passenger weights, carry-on bag weights, checked bag weights, plane-side loaded bag weights, and heavy bag weights, and/or

(2)
Actual weights of all passengers and bags or solicited (“asked”) passenger weight plus 10 pounds and actual weight of bags.

b.
If this operations specification is issued, operations specifications A097, A098 and A099 must not be issued.

c.
Operations specification A011 must be issued if the certificate holder has a carry-on baggage program.

d.
The following aircraft must use actual weights:

(1)
All single-engine aircraft, with the exception of single engine turbine-powered EMS helicopters operations

(2) All reciprocating-powered aircraft, and

(3)
All aircraft certificated with less than five (5) passenger seats, with the exception of single engine turbine-powered EMS helicopters operations

e.
Cargo-Only aircraft jumpseat and/or additional crewmembers.

(1)
For large and medium cabin aircraft used in cargo-only operations, jumpseat occupants and/or additional crewmembers must be accounted for using their actual weight, solicited (“asked”)-weight plus ten pounds, or the standard average flight crewmember weight of 190 pounds (as revised by AC 120-27).

(2)
For small cabin aircraft used in cargo-only operations, jumpseat occupants and/or additional crewmembers must be accounted for using their actual weight, or solicited (“asked”)-weight plus ten pounds.