Career mode payload: source?
Having watched some of the presentation videos, I find it somewhat unclear where the simulation determines the actual payload from.
I've seen where in the FMS one can enter the payload via the CDU interface, but one can enter any arbitrary numbers there, which may or may not match the actual payload present on the aircraft.
I've come up with the following hypotheses:
I've seen the FBO request sheet where we can enter the crew and passenger counts, but with no precision whatsoever
12556 kg in X-Plane includes the pilots. Operational Empty Weight or Basic Operational Weight.
12315 kg in the SimBrief profile does not include crew weight. Basic Empty Weight.
Pax weights - 58kg - 81kg, with 6kg standard deviation, depending on geographic location
Seasonal variation +/- 4 kgs
Baggage - 15kg with 4kg deviation.
Non-persistent mode gives you the aircraft with just two pilots.
It is intended to bring a Study menu visualisation of the passenger distributio
