I don’t like the idea of it. I wonder if they did bring it in or not!

This article is dated April 2019, its nearly a year later and I haven’t heard anymore about it. I guess it would make sense, the heavier the plane is, the more fuel it uses. If you’re taking extra weight onboard, whether it’s luggage or yourself, you should be charged more. Just another way for budget airlines to make money

As long as it is done discreetly, I feel they have a valid point.

It must be awkward for the airline and individual. I don’t know if I would do that to customers.

Apparently, the weight of the plane and its cargo contributes to the amount of petrol used for a trip. They need to keep an eye on how much weight they’re carrying, so maybe weighing passengers is a safety and cost cutting option

I don’t think this is discrimination at all. A pilot of a light plane has to make sure that the weight in his plane does not exceed what he can carry to conduct a safe flight – it is also the same on commercial flights. The light plane pilot checks the weight of his passengers and their luggage and sometimes things have to be left behind before the flight so everyone will be safe. At present commercial flights weigh the luggage and their postal cargo but not the passengers. If you have every second seat taken up with an obese person and the seats were originally expected to be no heavier than say 12 stone per person [and I am looking at the higher area here] and all of a sudden that same seat is being used by an 18 stone person – then the aircraft will have a problem in taking off and landing to the detriment of its passengers. If you wander around an airport these days it will be rare for you to see a slim person.

This is a great idea….being squeezed next to someone big is not comfortable and if you have to pay for excess luggage then..
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I have often thought if this. They weigh your luggage to keep weight limits for flights under control, yet you often see obese people travelling.

Wouldn’t happen – too much of a logistical nightmare right before take off

This is not right, it’s discrimination. Should not be allowed.

This is absolutely wrong, discriminatory, cruel and so much more. Should not be allowed.

You pay dear enough prices anyway for a flight, especially now when they charge for babies who don’t even have their own seats. If you are so big that you take up 2 seats, then yes, you need to pay for an extra seat, but otherwise you shouldn’t have to pay more.

As long as the weight wasn’t shown to everyone in sight, and everyone paid the same and it really is about more accurate needs for the plane to play a particular flight, I don’t see the problem. Perhaps as an average it might mean ticket costs going down for everyone?

I think it is quite disrespectful.

Well I’m quite small but I wouldn’t want others to be embarrassed

I think smaller aircrafts do this already. I wouldn’t mind so much if the weight was taken discreetly and de-identified.

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  • • Ellen replied
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  I’m with you, it’s not such big deal.

Small planes always have weight restrictions and it wouldn’t worry me one bit if my weight was taken into consideration. Rather that than going down in the ocean.

The only legitimate reason might to be not put all the heavier weights on one side.

Happens already on smaller planes in Maui.

It is done discreetly so not really embarrassing and they do need to know how much fuel will be needed and accurately too. As long as bigger people aren’t charged more it should be fine.