Airline to weigh passengers

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.

Obese African Americans are next !

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.