News Forum - Flight flab: Thai airlines weigh in on passenger pounds

[Thaiger]

Several airlines have introduced weight checks for passengers and their luggage before boarding to calculate standard and average passenger weight. This passenger weigh-in measure, initiated today, allows airlines to distribute weight more effectively on international flights, thus reducing fuel usage. Foreign airlines have implemented the passenger weigh-in rule to investigate and calculate standard and average … …

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[Fanta]

555 the plus sized crowd will go berserk over the long term possibilities of this weigh-in scheme. 

[Poolie]

2 hours ago, Fanta said:

555 the plus sized crowd will go berserk over the long term possibilities of this weigh-in scheme. 

The Americans?

https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html

[Marc26]

54 minutes ago, Poolie said:

The Americans?

https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html

Americans are definitely fatsos.............but there would now be plenty of Thais tipping those scales these days

[Grumpish]

The "standard" weight of a passenger has for many years been 75 Kg. But weigh in on check in is nothing new, I have been weighed in quite a few times at check in, although it has always been for domestic flights on smaller aircraft like the  ATR 72's. I recall one flight where the very petite Filipina checking in before me didn't weigh much more than the two bags that I was checking in (I had a lot of scuba gear with me).

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest1]

4 hours ago, Fanta said:

555 the plus sized crowd will go berserk over the long term possibilities of this weigh-in scheme. 

Why? 

 

[Vigo]

4 hours ago, Poolie said:

The Americans?

https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html

Gulf Arabs, Egyptians, palestinians,  Iranians, jordanians Are up their with the Americans. Canadians and Australians are not far behind.

[Karolyn]

Scots are very fat too

[Ramanathan.P]

Very soon those plus size many need to travel by cargo flights