Uzbekistan Airlines to start weighing passengers

[DrA]

Apparently...

I know this gets discussed with some regularity on airline forums, but it'll be interesting to see how it pans out regardless. To be honest, it's not exactly a new concept. Airlines which operate small 8-12 seaters have been doing this for years in some parts of the world. Be interesting to see how it gets managed.

I'm smaller, and I admit it kind of grates on my nerves a bit sometimes when I have to pay excess baggage charges when there's some on the plane who weigh easily 4 times what I weigh. That being said, I don't know why some are overweight - could be lifestyle, could be medical. If it is in fact medical, then would there be grounds for someone suing the airline for discrimination? There are some parts of the world where obesity is legally classified as a disease, and as such would be protected under anti-discrimination laws.

Uzbekistan Airlines might not be a major player, but I'm interested to see how it goes regardless.

 

[Foreigner]

I just read about this here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/t...ways-to-weigh-passengers-before-boarding.html

Imagine the time it would take to weight every passenger before departure.

Both passenger and hand luggage to be weighed. I suppose if checked luggage is weighed then...

 

[MEL_Traveller]

This is probably not a bad idea. Standard weights airlines use for calculating passengers/hand luggage may be out of date, and maybe every airline, once every 5-10 years should sample a range of flights, and passenger weights, to make sure their calculations are current.

 

[eric2011]

I'm smaller, and I admit it kind of grates on my nerves a bit sometimes when I have to pay excess baggage charges when there's some on the plane who weigh easily 4 times what I weigh..

I'm large and overweight and it kind of grates on my nerves when people like you compare my travel, to your requirement to pay for excess baggage and me travelling without paying extra for my weight.