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The Federal Aviation Administration is requiring updates to passenger and baggage weight estimates that airlines use to keep each flight within airplane safety limits.
Could Overweight Airline Passengers Endanger Your Life?
Passengers keep getting bigger. Now airlines must account more accurately for that.
The Federal Aviation Administration is requiring updates to passenger and baggage weight estimates that airlines use to keep each flight within airplane safety limits. Each U.S. airline must submit a plan by June 12 explaining which average weights for passengers and baggage they’ll use, down to phones and clothing, and how they estimated those weights. The FAA must approve each airline’s plan.
Airline officials say the weight estimates used for passengers and baggage are going up between 5% and 10%. That will affect some flights, possibly requiring that more passengers get bumped or more baggage left behind. Impact is likelier on unusually hot days and in cities higher above sea level, when the weight an airplane can safely carry is reduced because wings won’t generate as much lift. Flights into stiff headwinds that require more fu
New regulations mean airlines must establish a method of determining passenger weight
It s an implicit acknowledgement that the average American is getting heavier
Depending on the airline, takeoff location and plane size, it could result in some passengers getting bumped from flights or baggage left behind
Airlines must submit their plans to the FAA for approval by June 12
Some have already done so, and come up with updated passenger weight estimates
Everything from clothing to carried items must be taken into account