Airlines to weigh passengers before boarding

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www.thesun.co.uk/travel/8895844/airlines-weigh-passengers-save-fuel/?utm_campaign=sunmainfacebook040919&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1567623178

Spotted this in the sun.

Many allow 88kg (13.8 stone) for men, 70kg (11 stone) for women and 35kg (5.5 stone) for children

This bit confused me a little bit, is that their estimate they use for calculating fuel consumption? My partner and children weigh more than that estimate

I wonder what their weight limit will be? 🤔
And I can see shit will hit the fan when/if this does come into force, and passengers are excluded from the flight

The way MNers talk about fat people is honestly disgusting.

Never mind that diets don't work. Never mind that millions of clever, decent, hard working, dedicated and thoughtful individuals are overweight. Never mind that the typical modern lifestyle requirements of sitting at a desk for hours and hours on end and eating food that can be prepared quickly makes calorie / activity balancing virtually impossible. Never mind that your weight has no bearing on your value as a person or your worthiness or respect. All of that is irrelevant, because on mumsnet if you're fat it's a sign that you're lazy, greedy and a strain on the NHS.

Fat is a feminist issue, as we've known for decades, and mumsnet is one of the most fat-phobic offenders of all.

the current rhetoric is always 'strain on the nhs' - it's becoming a mantra

And yet, oddly enough, nobody seemed to mind when it was smokers being attacked for costing the NHS money ...

Interestingly puzzled lots of people seem to think the fall in smoking deaths is problematic as elderly/dementia care will cost the NHS much more.

It wasn't my intention to demonize anyone who is overweight Ponoka7

I was trying to be factual and objective. Clearly I have failed.

Yesterday 08:44 OtraCosaMariposa

Easy. If you're a woman who weighs over 11kg, just self-identify as a man. Problem solved

Just 🤣🤣🤣

Hope it happens.
I spent being lodged into my seat, by a massively overweight person, on a long haul flight. It was torture and they were incredibly selfish too.
Considering you have to pay more for extra baggage, why not extra weight too per kilo?

Bagshot If it happens it’s not going to stop us fatties being allowed on planes. I’m afraid you’ll have to put up with those evil overweight people either way.

Won't this penalise tall people?

@helpmeiamatoad

I'm not talking about overweight folk. I don't think 11 stones for a woman is bordering on morbidly obese.
However, being sat next to a massively obese person (who by the way ready had 2 seats to themselves) isn't pleasant..... Especially if you've saved for ages for your ticket and it's a long haul flight.
Why should it be my problem?

Bagshot It’s the risk you take, surely? Nearly 30% of adults in the UK are obese. If you can’t stand the possibility of being sat next to an obese person on a plan, go first class or don’t fly.

Really Fennel? Standing on a pair of scales for ten seconds will penalise tall people? Surely it’ll be more of a burden for short people - they’ll have further to step to climb onto the scales?

Of course, it being the Sun - they have taken something with a small grain of truth and blown it out into something that isn't. As others have said, it is pretty standard on tiny planes to balance the weight

Pilot BIL says that they've been using the same calculator for some time now, and perhaps it might be out of date?

The cargo and baggage is weighed to calculate the fuel needed, so why not the passengers as well? I've wondered about it before.

It's about balancing the loading. If all the heavy people are on one side they need to move them.

Fatties on a Plane featuring Samuel L. Jackson, coming soon to theatres near you

It's in the Sun.

That's the clue ....

11 stone? If you look round Gatwick airport they'll need to make the tolerance somewhat higher or else hardly anyone will be able to fly.

I'm 5'7" and 12 and a half stone and a size 12-14. I can more than comfortably fit into an airline seat without encroaching on anyone else. I can also easily drink and eat as much as a man- why should men be allowed a larger weight allowance? Women would be discriminated against for being female.

This was a proposal made by some bloke back in April and widely reported in a range of news sites who needed a bit of filler at the time.

The Sun ran it at the time, but, presumably because it’s been such a slow week for news, they have decided to run it again now.

Why not weigh passengers and their luggage together, with a single limit for the whole lot, to save embarrassment
The larger you are the more your clothes will weigh
I understand the rationale for charging more the heavier you are but this also means that taller people are penalized.
Further there is a negative correlation between adiposity and income, so the people likely to be asked to pay more are the ones with the lowest income.
We need a better way to deal with the demand for (and costs of) air travel

I have been weighed before going on an 8 seater plane - but not to say "You can't get on here, enormous BMI 27 size 12 woman!" but they weigh everyone when it's a small plane so they can distribute the weight evenly.

I actually had to do a weigh-in when boarding a tiny 7-seater plane in Papua New Guinea.

They weigh you for helicopters too, as well as small planes. But that's all for balancing the aircraft out, rather than being too heavy, from what I remember.

I usually put on about half a stone during my holiday - what happens on the return flight?

Do people really think because they weigh les they'll be allowed to bring more luggage ffs

I'm nearly 6ft, my OH is nearly 6ft 8. We would be over the average by quite a bit. It's ridiculous and discriminating against something we can't control.

good point toys i guess they weigh u again they can add some more money on-or maybe have readmills at the airort so u can lose a few