Question for Hotdog on a stick pilots

Roger Roger said:
It appears the Seminole doesn’t have a zero fuel weight, but the Duchess did. It’s been far too long for me to remember if it was actually an issue. Both the PC-12 and the LR45 have a max zero fuel weight, but with the reduced seating in the medical configuration we’ll never run into it. I suppose in a PC-12 commuter configuration and 2 crew you could, although you’d have to fueled for a pretty short hop (MZFW:9039, MTOW:10450) Edit: I guess 1400 lbs isn’t exactly short hop fuel.
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it might have been a flight school thing then.
 
Our airline purchased the “higher landing weight limit” from Boeing for our 737-800s. Magically our max landing weight went up from 144,300 to 146,300 and corresponding increase in ZFW by 2,000 lbs. This was done to help with the FAA weight changes last year.
 
BobDDuck said:
It's not really a big deal. But you do need to be aware that Basic Empty Weight and Zero Fuel Weight are two totally different things.
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And I agree. About learning/knowing the difference. But not necessarily knowing what the abbreviation meant, especially if I've never seen it expressed as such. I'm a 451 tt CMEL. I still got a lot to learn. I asked a question here, got an answer and in a reply to a member I mixed up BEW and ZFW.

@T/O w/FSII made it seem like I should be embarrassed about the mistake, or having never seeing it expressed as ZFW and erase all evidence there of. When no one is perfect and I'm at work and spitballed. But like @juxtapilot said learning happened. The system worked.
 
Maximilian_Jenius said:
And I agree. About learning/knowing the difference. But not necessarily knowing what the abbreviation meant, especially if I've never seen it expressed as such. I'm a 451 tt CMEL. I still got a lot to learn. I asked a question here, got an answer and in a reply to a member I mixed up BEW and ZFW.

@T/O w/FSII made it seem like I should be embarrassed about the mistake, or having never seeing it expressed as ZFW and erase all evidence there of. When no one is perfect and I'm at work and spitballed. But like @juxtapilot said learning happened. The system worked.
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You should be studying for your CFI, not wasting time in this thread. You'll thank us later. :)
 
Maximilian_Jenius said:
And I agree. About learning/knowing the difference. But not necessarily knowing what the abbreviation meant, especially if I've never seen it expressed as such. I'm a 451 tt CMEL. I still got a lot to learn. I asked a question here, got an answer and in a reply to a member I mixed up BEW and ZFW.
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Sorry, I was just teasing you Max. I don't think I knew what an aileron was when I was a 451tt CMEL.....you're doing way better than me :)
 
///AMG said:
Sorry, I was just teasing you Max. I don't think I knew what an aileron was when I was a 451tt CMEL.....you're doing way better than me :)
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I swear it didn't take long in the 121 world to forget a lot of the "basics", or at least stuff that seemed like a big deal in the GA world that you never have to think about anymore. I legitimately wouldn't trust myself in a 172 right now without some major refreshing.
 
JordanD said:
I swear it didn't take long in the 121 world to forget a lot of the "basics", or at least stuff that seemed like a big deal in the GA world that you never have to think about anymore. I legitimately wouldn't trust myself in a 172 right now without some major refreshing.
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Can't speak to 121, but I agree with respect to professional flying I have done. Out of sight, out of mind I guess. On the subject of light GA flying, let's just say my most recent GA landing was not my best :)
 
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