Would you volunteer to be weighed before boarding a plane?
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Is your checked bag under 23 kg? Perfect. Now we’ll weigh you, sir. Passenger weighing is currently a reality for one major European airline.
Finnair hopes to weigh 100 to 150 passengers per flight. The goal of the program is to determine average flight loads more accurately, not to charge passengers based on weight. Up until now, Finnair has been using the European Safety Agency Average for male and female weights, but now the airline wants to get a more accurate estimate from their own data. They need a good sample size to ensure the accuracy.
Have no fear. All weighing is voluntary. There is no extra charge for being above the average weight (and no “skinny discount”, either).
Weighing passengers is not a new…
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