I set up a flight in the A350-1000 default cabin (v. 1.2.7) today in MSFS 2024 and imported a flight plan from SimBrief that showed 241 passengers and related baggage in the OFP. The OIS however showed 0 passengers and 0 baggage weight. I exited the sim, cleared the rolling cache, and tried again, with the same result. Does anyone have an idea of what is going on? Thanks.

Edited 7 hours ago7 hr by BillM

16 minutes ago, BillM said:

I set up a flight in the A350-1000 default cabin (v. 1.2.7) today in MSFS 2024 and imported a flight plan from SimBrief that showed 241 passengers and related baggage in the OFP. The OIS however showed 0 passengers and 0 baggage weight. I exited the sim, cleared the rolling cache, and tried again, with the same result. Does anyone have an idea of what is going on? Thanks.

Hi,

I've just tested this on my end, using the same values you had and everything is working as intended. Did you import your weight and balance into the OIS?

I've attached some screenshots below.

Thanks for replying. I am not sure what I should do to import passenger numbers and baggage into the OIS. I use GSX for this. I was able to fuel the aircraft using the Set Fuel button. Should I use the Set ZFW button for this?

4 minutes ago, BillM said:

Thanks for replying. I am not sure what I should do to import passenger numbers and baggage into the OIS. I use GSX for this. I was able to fuel the aircraft using the Set Fuel button. Should I use the Set ZFW button for this?

Yes, correct! Import from simbrief in the top right, then set ZFW.

That worked, but it appears that the aircraft is instantly loaded with all passengers in the plan, so GSX is bypassed. Is this correct?

45 minutes ago, BillM said:

That worked, but it appears that the aircraft is instantly loaded with all passengers in the plan, so GSX is bypassed. Is this correct?

Yes, that is correct. For v2 of the A350, we're reworking how GSX interacts with the aircraft.

Thanks 🙂

Wait... are you telling me the pax+cargo weight is ignored if I use GSX to board the plane?

Or I don't understand.

I use simbrief to import my flightplan data into the OIS loadsheet. Then I enter those figures into the INIT FUEL&LOAD page. What exactly is the purpose of the "set ZFW" button in the OIS?

Edited 5 hours ago5 hr by Gungnir

My experience today tells me that right now GSX and the A350 OIS do not talk to each other, at least as far as loading passengers and baggage/cargo. Other GSX functions, like pushback, still work AFAIK. To load passengers and cargo, use the "Set ZFW" button on the Loadsheet page of the OIS.

Edited 5 hours ago5 hr by BillM

18 minutes ago, Gungnir said:

Wait... are you telling me the pax+cargo weight is ignored if I use GSX to board the plane?

Or I don't understand.

I use simbrief to import my flightplan data into the OIS loadsheet. Then I enter those figures into the INIT FUEL&LOAD page. What exactly is the purpose of the "set ZFW" button in the OIS?

It's not that GSX is ignored, its that sometimes the numbers do not match the values on your simbrief OFP. Does not happen all the time.

Sometimes I get lower numbers of pax boarded -- I thought that was intended, people missing the flight etc.

5 minutes ago, Gungnir said:

Sometimes I get lower numbers of pax boarded -- I thought that was intended, people missing the flight etc.

I do not think that is modelled, although not a bad way to look at it haha!