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I've always thought your luggage and the passenger should come as a package. What so, my bag can't be 5 lbs over, but the guy behind me who weighs 100lbs more than me is fine?
Well, it sort of makes sense, but I have to ask "why now?" It didn't seem to matter before.
It is nothing new. They are required to survey weight of passengers and luggage every three years. They have been doing this for a while. People are selected at random and asked to participate. They may decline without consequences. It is done for the purpose of determining load factors and planning. It is rather interesting to see how the average weight has crept up over the years - something that would have been known had the OP read the entire article instead of simply posting a potentially controversial and misleading thread title.
If I don't think my passengers are being honest with me before getting in my little plane, I get out the scale. Yes, I ask them to give their weight including any bags to me on a slip of paper prior to the flight. It's not just the women that lie. Guys give me their weight from twenty years ago too. No, over Gross does not work, especially in Colorado.
I've always thought your luggage and the passenger should come as a package. What so, my bag can't be 5 lbs over, but the guy behind me who weighs 100lbs more than me is fine?
It makes no sense.
I had to pay extra for my checked luggage because it weighed in at 3 lbs over limit. Meanwhile, a passenger behind me in line was at least 100 lbs overweight whereas I am of normal weight.
I say weigh the passenger together with their checked bags.
If I don't think my passengers are being honest with me before getting in my little plane, I get out the scale. Yes, I ask them to give their weight including any bags to me on a slip of paper prior to the flight. It's not just the women that lie. Guys give me their weight from twenty years ago too. No, over Gross does not work, especially in Colorado.
When wildland firefighters fly everybody is weighed and also their gear.
I was surprised one time when there were ONLY seven of us traveling together to Portland and we were hoping to talk business on the trip. Instead we were spread out throughout the jet for better weight distribution by the pilot.
Airline 1 CEO, "Flying does not suck enough. Maybe we can make the rows smaller."
Airline 2 CEO, "Nah. Then passengers wont actually fit. Maybe we can make them strip completely naked at security and give them anal probes."
Airline 1 CEO, "Have you SEEN the majority of our passengers? Do you really wanna see those slugs naked?"
Airline 2 CEO, "HEY. Lets humiliate the fat ones by weighing them!"
Airline 1 CEO, "AWESOME. HIGH FIVE"
I was surprised one time when there were ONLY seven of us traveling together to Portland and we were hoping to talk business on the trip. Instead we were spread out throughout the jet for better weight distribution by the pilot.
It was a large jet. That got my attention.
That's kind of weird. Why couldn't the pilot have just put you all at the GOG point? Are you sure that pilot didn't just want a very quiet trip?
I assume this is only relevant on smaller aircraft.
Max takeoff weight of a 737-800 is 200,000 lbs. It takes 40,000 lbs of fuel if you fill the tank, and typically can seat 180 people. If for some reason those people were to average 220 lbs they'd weigh more than a full tank of fuel.
Anytime I have ever boarded an Air Force operated aircraft I was weighed - no, I’m not close to anything like obese ...160 lbs / 5’10”. I think this is great. All airlines should weigh all passengers before boarding.
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