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Originally Posted by GasPasser
I used to do airline fueling...chocks are usually set a few inches off because the aircraft will settle while fuel is on-loaded, if the chocks are in when fueling starts, they are a pain in the @ss to remove when fueling is done.
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I understand that part. I've watched rampers try to pull chocks from a fully-loaded A330 going to the UK. It was an interesting sight.
What the other poster was talking about is some of our rampers (cough-branded-cough) pretty much put the chocks "near" the wheels, as is somewhere in the shadow of the airplane. I've had more than a few eye rolls when I see it.