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Airline to weigh passengers - Captain - 08-17-2015
Uzbekistan Airways to weigh passengers along with baggage
n airline is launching a program to weigh passengers before boarding — and it’s neither (a.) a new means of tacking on fees nor (b.) a trial balloon floated by Ryanair’s iconoclastic CEO nor even (c.) a hoax.
Instead, Uzbekistan Airways, according to a statement quoted by Travel + Leisure magazine and others, says the policy of subjecting passengers to “a special weighing machine†is aimed at remaining in compliance with International Air Transport Association requirements.
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Passengers reportedly are to be weighed together with their carry-on items “in order to observe the requirements for ensuring flight safety,†according to the airline’s statement.
“[T]he full confidentiality of results is guaranteed,†the statement vows, according to Travel + Leisure, which asks what, then, the government-owned airline intends to do in the event that a flight’s passenger weight is determined to be excessive.
Re: Airline to weigh passengers - ketchim - 08-17-2015
Obese African Americans are next !
Re: Airline to weigh passengers - btalivny - 08-17-2015
Well I am not surprised to see a lower tier airline doing something that will cause so much ruckus. They need to make more money somehow. This is how I guess.