All right, let's pick this up right where the regulation is getting specific — Page 1, Lesson 7

All right, let's pick this up right where the regulation is getting specific. We're in the middle of the rules for weighing passengers, and I want to walk you through the exact standard mass values you're going to use in the real world. First, a critical point about the weighing itself. When you do an actual weigh-in of passengers, their personal belongings and hand baggage must be included in that weight. And that weighing has to happen immediately prior to boarding, and at a location adjacent to the boarding point. So it's not something you do an hour before at the check-in desk — it's right there at the gate, just before they step on. Now, if you're not weighing them, you use standard mass values. And here's a key definition: the standard masses include hand baggage, and they also include the mass of any infant below two years of age who is carried by an adult on one passenger seat. So if a passenger is holding a baby on their lap, that baby's weight is already built into the adult's standard mass. But — and this is an important contrast — an infant occupying a separate passenger seat must be considered as a child for the purpose of this rule. So the moment that infant has their own seat, you treat them as a child in the mass calculation. Now let's get into the actual numbers. These apply to aeroplanes with 20 or more passenger seats. For those, you use the standard masses of male and female from Table 1. But there's an alternative: if the total number of passenger seats is 30 or more, you may use the "all adult" mass values instead. So the table gives you two options depending on your seat count. And here's a term you need to know precisely: holiday charter. For the purpose of Table 1, a holiday charter is a charter flight solely intended as an element of a holiday travel package. So it's a flight that exists purely as part of a holiday package deal. The holiday charter mass values apply provided that not more than 5% of the passenger seats installed in the aeroplane are used for the non-revenue carriage of certain categories of passengers. So if more than 5% of your seats are filled by non-revenue passengers — like staff or crew travelling free — then you cannot use the holiday charter values. Now let me give you the actual numbers from Table 1. For all flights except holiday charters, with 20 or more seats: male is 88 kg, female is 70 kg. For 30 or more seats, the all adult value is 84 kg. For holiday charters: male is 83 kg, female is 69 kg, and the all adult value for 30 or more seats is 76 kg. And children — regardless of flight type — are 35 kg. That's the same across the board. So let me make sure you see the structure here. The table has two columns: one for 20 and more seats, one for 30 and more seats. The 20-and-more column gives you male and female values. The 30-and-more column gives you the all adult value. And you have two rows of values: one for all flights except holiday charters, and one for holiday charters. Children sit at 35 kg in both. The key takeaway for you as a professional: you must know which category your flight falls into — holiday charter or not — and you must know your seat count, because that determines whether you use the male/female split or the all adult figure. And remember, those standard masses already include hand baggage and any lap-held infant. That's the foundation you'll build your load sheet on.