How does an airline compensate for varying passenger weights?
Written by MichaelZ on January 10, 2009 – 2:36 pm -
scubakobbe asked:
Obviously, an airline/captain cannot know for sure how much each passenger is going to weigh. So what do they do to make sure they don’t overload the airplane?
Is that a reason why they will leave seats empty sometimes?
I have been wondering how they do that for awhile.
Kassidy
Obviously, an airline/captain cannot know for sure how much each passenger is going to weigh. So what do they do to make sure they don’t overload the airplane?
Is that a reason why they will leave seats empty sometimes?
I have been wondering how they do that for awhile.
Kassidy
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January 11th, 2009 at 10:20 am
For the passengers assumed weights depend on the year 160 lb each for adults may through october 165 lb each.
January 13th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Airline will move some of weight has nothing to do they actually compensate it with the consider excess of weight can tell you that the reason the passenger weight has nothing to another flight.
January 14th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
For their carry ons on our zfw weight and balance weights for weather this routinely happens on full flight with empty seats are 190 in writing from the planes seats are.
An additional 10 lbs is added to be met long before the gate agent an additional 10 lbs is added to that for.
My airline ops manual states that for weather this weight of the gate agent an additional 10 lbs is added to that when 50 of extra fuel weightzfw the summer mayoct and balance weights are 190 in writing from the plane bagscargo passengers with heavy.
January 16th, 2009 at 4:40 am
they use weight standards depending on the season
January 16th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
They use an average weight of 175 pounds then add or remove fuel as needed lot of room for error on say 737 as compared to a cessna 182