@VeeOne, profit is still the bottom line so they will not sacrifice payload for heavier containers. We are still expendable.

727Vet, Well I did wonder if I was being cynical by thinking there was a profit/loss equation here that might weight up aircraft/aircrew loss against potential profit by the risk taking. I wonder how many aircraft have to be lost in a financial year to make this sort of thing not worth the grief for the bean counters? I guess in the end it is a insurance issue for them. The bean counters count the cost in high insurance rates rather than aircrew lives (not to mention those on the ground). Pretty sad and twisted world we live in.