Interesting ground operation fact about the ATR42: When it is parked and before loading/unloading passengers, airport crew will always attach a pole between the bottom of the fuselage tail and the ground. Have U noticed this when u were boarding your ATR42 of JAC to this island? I saw this when i was boarding my ATR72(basically a stretched ATR42) flight for the 1st time in 1996. That pole is used to maintain weight balance of the entire airframe on the ground. If too many passengers are seated in the back while very few passengers are seated in the front during boarding, the nose may tilt up while the tail will hit the ground without that supporting pole. This is especially a problem for the ATR design(similar propeller airplane such as the Q400 used by ANA does not have this problem) because its cargo area is behind the cockpit but in front of the passenger cabin. When that cargo area is empty and cargo loading timing does not match passenger boarding timing, the ATR nose will lose balance and tilt upward while still parked on the ground. My safety suggestion for u: Next time when u are boarding a ATR42 but do not see that pole placed between the tail and the ground(ground crew rarely forget that but sometimes it happens...), stop and don't get on the plane yet.....wait until most passengers have already seated. By the way, thx a lot for introducing the song '1 more time, 1 more chance' and movie '5cm per second'. Never heard of them before but love them now....i guess it's never too late.
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Quite new information for me I didn't notice that. lol.. Thanks for your suggestion👍
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