Airlines may start WEIGHING people at the gate amid fears aircraft are being overloaded by fat passengers
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...y-confidential.html?__twitter_impression=true- Passengers could be weighed before they get on jets because Americans are getting fatter and the FAA is concerned aircraft may be overloaded
- Airline carriers are tasked with calculating the weight and balance of their aircraft to ensure its within allowable limits for the safety of the plane
- The FAA sent out a circular two years ago, which addressed weight and balance
- Airlines use a standard average weight estimate for passengers, but the rising obesity rates in the United States are dictating a review of those estimates
- Surveys of weight by airlines could take place every three years or 36 months
- They could take place at the gate and would involve at least 15 percent of daily departure passengers, who would be selected at random for the surveys
- Information would be kept confidential and out of view of the public
- Passengers would also have the ability to opt-out of being weighed