A loadsheet is produced by subscribing to a flight, or created manually on the device where there is no connectivity. From there it is one document: crosschecked against the takeoff calculation, signed, and revised when a last minute change comes in.
Load control events sit above the line and flight deck events below it. The filled markers are the two points where the commander signs.
Subscribing to a flight brings the figures in and keeps the crew devices on the same edition. A loadsheet can also be created manually on the device, which is how a station with no connectivity still produces one.
Each edition of the sheet is retained with the figures that produced it, so the sequence from the first figures to the signed sheet can be read back afterwards.
Biometric signature on the flight deck applies to the edition in front of the commander, and a last minute change is signed again on the revised sheet.
What the platform does as the aircraft loads, and what the flight deck holds while it happens.
The device subscribes to a flight from the flight list, and the preliminary loadsheet, the final loadsheet and the NOTOC arrive as they are issued.
A loadsheet is created on the device itself, which is how a station with no connectivity still produces one.
Estimated passenger, bag and cargo figures produce a preliminary sheet as soon as the flight is planned, so the shape of the load is visible while there is still time to act on it.
Planned load visible to the crew
Distribution instructions go to the loading team in the form they work from, and the sheet tracks what has been confirmed as loaded.
Distribution known before boarding
Passenger and baggage figures arrive from the departure control system and the sheet moves from planned to actual as the aircraft fills.
Figures firming up on the EFB
The desk sees what the crew hold
The current edition is visible on the flight deck as the figures firm up, so the commander has been reading them well before signature.
The figures on the sheet are checked against the active takeoff calculation, so the weight the aircraft departs on is the weight the performance was computed for.
Performance and sheet agree on the EFB
Closeout is handled in LoadCloseout, part of the weight and balance module. When loading and boarding are confirmed the final edition is produced and reaches the flight deck on the same data the desk holds.
Final edition arrives on the EFB
Acceptance visible at the desk
The final edition is signed on the flight deck, and the acceptance is recorded against that specific edition.
The station holds a copy of the sheet
A loadsheet created offline is calculated and signed on the device. A copy is held on the ground before the aircraft departs, digitally or on paper, and anything still unsent goes out on its own once connectivity returns.
A change after signature goes into the sheet and the figures are worked out again, so the weights and trim on the signed sheet are the ones the aircraft departs on.
The change surfaces on the EFB
Both signatures land in the record
The flight deck signs the revised sheet, so the signature on file belongs to the figures the aircraft departed on.
Every edition, every last minute change and both signatures are retained together with the figures behind them.
Two points decide how a loadsheet is handled: how it is produced, and where a last minute change is taken. Everything between them is the same document.
The signed editions, the changes that led to them and the figures behind each one are retained together, so the loading of a flight can be reconstructed afterwards.
Talk to our engineers about how the loadsheet is produced, checked and signed in your operation, with your departure control system and your ground handling.
