Weighing passengers to become standard for Bangkok Airways

[Tropicalevo]

That will be interesting.

Whilst it is all flights, might have some extra fun here at Samui airport.

It is an article in the Thaiger today.

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conduct the weighing of passengers, including their carry-on items, at the boarding gate area.

That will probably stop my 45 minute journey from home to on the plane. Boarding will definitely slow down.

 

[BenStark]

29 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said:

It is an article in the Thaiger today.

so why not just post a link?

[bunnydrops]

I heard Korean Air was the first to start doing that. Just wait! A new charge for over weight passengers ????

[nglodnig]

Do underweight passengers get a discount? Ha ha 'fat' chance ???? - geddit?

[kingstonkid]

This was already covered in a different thread 

[new2here]

This actually makes a LOT of sense, from both the safety side by also operational  side as well.

 

Weight and balance (WB) as well as other related factors like Center of Gravity (CoG) are critical numbers that dispatches, flight crew and others must have.

 

If you think about it, most aspects of an aircraft’s take off weight are known - and known to a relatively small margin of error.

 

Fuel is calculated to the near exact, potable water as well.  Catering is largely known as each trolley has a fixed tare weight, plus the weight of each set-up/tray, plus the other catering elements boarded.. Cargo is weighed plus the tare of any ULD used is added..   Commonly checked baggage is also known, as it scaled at the time of passenger check-in.

 

So, really the last big part of the weight calculation that still uses an “assumed average” is the passenger and his/her carry on…  Therefore I can see good reasons why an airline would want better data - it helps cut down on excess fuel loaded, helps to reduce passable cases of “weight restricted” flights when no such restriction was really necessary… etc 

 

[Yme]

21 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

That will be interesting.

Whilst it is all flights, might have some extra fun here at Samui airport.

It is an article in the Thaiger today.

That will probably stop my 45 minute journey from home to on the plane. Boarding will definitely slow down.

 

Might help if you could read past the headline; for surveying purposes on September 15, and this procedure will continue until October 31.

It's to ensure that the tables they use for calculating "average" passenger weight currently reflect the "average" weight of passengers for balancing purposes. There have been fatal crashes from out of date tables being used. 

@bunnydrops Total fantasy. I remember being weighed along with my luggage in Africa in the 90s (for exactly the same reason - aircraft balance)

[metisdead]

Please continue in the same topic running here:

 

 

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