Veiing av helikopterpassasjerer ble påbegynt da vi oppdaget passasjerer som hadde verktøykasser og tunge gjenstander med seg i bagasjen. Faren for overvekt og/eller vekt utenfor CG var stor og veieing ble påbegynt på 70-tallet. (Red.)
Les mer om EASAs standardvekter her: http://tinyurl.com/4dykb52a
Airline starts weighing passengers at the gate
Julia Buckley, CNN
Published 9:42 AM EST, Thu February 8, 2024
Finnair is weighing volunteer passengers at the gate to collect data on travelers.
Markus Mainka/dpa/AP
CNN —
We all know
what it’s like to have our baggage weighed at an airport check-in. Most of us
are also familiar with the “crouch of shame” – the position adopted when
rummaging through a bag to remove something heavy, when you’ve been informed
your bag is just ounces overweight.
But now,
some brave airline passengers are consenting to being weighed themselves before
boarding the plane.
In a trial
by European carrier Finnair at its
Helsinki Airport hub, volunteer passengers are being weighed at the departure
gate in order to allow the airline to refine weight estimates for planes before
takeoff.
And in a
nightmare scenario for anyone who’s ever tried to nonchalantly sneak an
overweight cabin bag onto the plane, passengers are being weighed together with
their carry-on bags.
Luckily for
anyone carrying a bulging bag, the weigh-ins are not linked to individual
bookings or passenger data. Everything is anonymous, Päivyt Tallqvist,
Finnair’s senior vice president communications, told CNN, with only the member
of staff at the gate seeing the weight.
The trial
started on Monday, and by Thursday morning 800 volunteers had already taken
part, Tallqvist, said, adding that the airline was “positively surprised by the
number of volunteers.”
Finnair's fancy
new airline seats don't recline
“We have
communicated about this survey to Finnair customers via our social media
channels and our mobile app, and the first volunteers were proactively asking
to take part even before the equipment was set up,” she said.
They plan to
weigh 1,200 passengers for the winter season, and more for the summer.
Tallqvist
said that the airline is collating data about the average weight of passengers
and their hand luggage “for the purpose of aircraft balance and performance
calculations that are needed for the safe operation of flights.”
Heavier in winter
Finnair is collecting the data from passengers
boarding at Helsinki airport.
Alessandro Rampazzo/AFP/Getty Images
Airlines
calculate planes’ weight – the weight of everyone onboard, as well as cargo and
baggage in the hold, and things like catering and water tanks onboard – before
each take off, along with their center of gravity. The weight and trim of an
aircraft can affect where passengers can sit, and in some cases even how many
passengers are allowed onboard, and how much luggage can go in the hold. Each
aircraft you fly in has a set maximum weight for safe takeoff.
“While
airlines know the weight of all other aspects, the weight of customers and
their carry-on baggage is calculated using average weights confirmed by the
Civil Aviation Authority,” said Tallqvist.
Airlines
generally use average passenger weights provided by the European Aviation
Safety Authority, but they can also use their own, signed off by the
authorities. Finnair has used its own measurements since 2018, but these must
be updated every five years – hence the refresh.
Korean
Air conducted its own weighing program in
2023, while Air New Zealand also did a weight survey last year.
Finnair is
collecting data for both winter and summer seasons, since passengers tend to
wear heavier clothing and coats during the cold Finnish winters. The winter
readings will be completed in February, with the summer ones taken between
April and May.
The says it
airline will calculate an average weight from the measurements taken, and will
send the data to the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency for
verification. The weights will be used for loading calculations from 2025-30.
And while
many passengers would rather keep their weight a secret, Satu Munnukka,
Finnair’s head of ground processes, assured nervous passengers in a statement
that “the collected data is not linked in any way to the customer’s personal
data.”
Munnukka
added: “We record the total weight and background information of the customer
and their carry-on baggage, but we do not ask for the name or booking number,
for example.
“Only the
customer service agent working at the measuring point can see the total weight,
so you can participate in the study with peace of mind.”
Ingen kommentarer:
Legg inn en kommentar
Merk: Bare medlemmer av denne bloggen kan legge inn en kommentar.