Very few airplanes come apart in flight unless they are being flown outside the envelope. This is good, and we ve come to depend upon it. But let s get into the variables. The pilot has, in theory, the ability to change which airplane he flies. In practice, this usually doesn t happen, because most of us have only one airplane at our disposal and, in most cases, flight into known icing is not one of its approved operations.
Weight is similar put two moose on a one-moose airplane and the risk has gone up.
Now you need to either get a two-moose machine or divest yourself of one moose. It s basic math that the aircraft is approved for flight with only so much weight on board. When that number is exceeded, the margin goes down. Place the weight improperly and things won t balance the risk goes way up. The pilots in Alaska know a lot about this, especially the aspects of handling moose.