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[–] journalistsarelazy 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I'm sorry this happened to you but..

IT'S HAPPENING.

Flights are increasingly getting too heavy to get off the ground.

This was from 2007:

Attempts have been made to introduce on-board weight and balance system, which effectively weighed the aircraft through transducers in the landing gear. It is not easy to get these to work well in line operations, however, and in actual use it was found that they, with the uncertainties considered, tended to restrict the operators more than traditionally calculated mass properties. Thus, they are a rarity today even if there is an ongoing effort to get operationally feasible systems designed.

so presumably we still guess (edit, wrong word... estimate) at the moment (with only a few airlines weighing passengers).

Weighing at check-in is around the corner, I can feel it.

"ma'am step on the platform please."

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[–] Being 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Praise Diabetes-jesus! No reason they should pay the same fare to haul what is equivalent to four humans!