B787 Dreamliner Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 193; Flight Crew Total 11478; Flight Crew Type 388
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General Flight Cancelled / Delayed
Company Policy; MEL
During the final cockpit preparation we received takeoff data from the FMC and ACARS for Runway 28. However we were unable to get info for Runways 32 and 34; the longer runways in use. I called Dispatch and learned that this MEL had been applied to our aircraft due to local maintenance discovery. The First Officer did not notice this on his walk around. Dispatch advised that we were not legal for takeoff on any runway due to the severe weight penalty. The company canceled this flight after exhausting all possible relief from this MEL.My concerns and questions:1) Why did the flight crew not receive an alert regarding this change to the original signed release?2) Why did we receive takeoff data for Runway 28?3) Why does the [release] not print in sequential page order?
B787 Captain reported that an MEL weight penalty resulted in a maintenance action and flight cancellation.