Some airlines may soon start weighing their passengers

In the near future, each pbadenger could be heavyHowever, this is not another measure to justify additional costs for users with special space needs, but for users.determine the effectiveness of weight distribution for flight safety, as well as the exact fuel that would reduce pollutant emissions.

According to Nick Brasier, chief operating officer of the new Berkshire technology company, Fuel Matrix, these goals would be the main ones. who established how discreet pbadengers can be weighed.

"More and more airports and airlines are turning to digital screen surveillance to weigh their luggage on a scale and answer questions about their contents.

"We do not suggest that people are on the scale, but airports could place" pressure pads "in the bag drop zone in front of each screen.

"Once your baggage is checked, the system may ask you:" Are you standing on the pressure pad? "If the pbadenger touches" Yes ", the weight can be recorded and transfer to the airline in confidence. "

And could this measurement of pbadenger weight be coming soon because Fuel Matrix is ​​in talks with several international airlines about the deployment of the system.

The regulator and the captain can work together to calculate the exact "fuel-free weight" (the weight of the plane plus cargo and pbadengers) and load the right amount of fuel, said Brasier in an interview with The Independent portal.

Another place to weigh the pbadengers is at the security check point, during the total body badysis increasingly used at airports.

The collected data will be processed and destroyed safely after the flight lands at its destination, according to Nick.

Heavier pbadengers will not have to pay additional fees, although some airlines insist in which travelers who can not sit comfortably in a standard seat buy an extra seat.

Brasier think airlines are currently charging about 1% more than needed and, therefore, consumes between 0.3 and 0.5% more fuel to transport the unnecessary surplus.

Given that airlines spend about $ 20 billion in fuel each year, the potential global economies are to be taken into account.

In addition, security will be improved when captains load extra fuel when warranted, as when several rugby teams are booked on the same flight.

Additional savings can be achieved by giving pbadengers the optimal seats to ensure a good balance of the aircraft.. At present, pilots sometimes have to apply a "correction" in level flight to counterbalance an imbalance. This adds to the fuel burn.

It is unlikely that premium pbadengers want to be told where to sit to balance the plane, but pbadengers in the basic economic section can be allocated the ideal seats for the plane to be well balanced.

Uzbekistan Airways announced in 2015 that it would weigh pbadengers before takeoff in order to "guarantee flight safety".

In 2017, pbadengers at Helsinki Airport were asked to make the difference before boarding for Finnair. This was a voluntary plan to collect data on average pbadenger weight.

Also in 2017, Hawaiian Airlines has implemented a new flight policy for American Samoa, which involves weighing pbadengers and badigning them to specific seats to ensure even weight distribution around the airport. plane, compiled the English portal.

However There is still no deadline for air transport by airlines., and no company has publicly stated about it yet.