Yea, I know the ACLU would bitch about people getting embarrassed but, hey, I'd rather be a little bit embarrassed than a little bit dead because of W&B errors David R > In a message dated 5/19/2003 12:08:25 AM Central Standard Time, > damiross2@xxxxxxxxx writes: > > > Why not weight passengers, at least on the smaller aircraft? > > I can hear the ACLU already, more data collection by a secret government > agency. Couple that with the recent popular press reports about how much > healthcare money is spent on overweight people, and people will be going > nuts. > > I think I said this earlier here, Corporate Airlines here in STL changed > their average passenger weight to 203 US lbs. That makes the 19-seat > Jetstream 32 (the only airplane they fly) a 15 passenger, 15 bag aircraft. > > Jim Hann > Waterski J-41 Captain > Lambert-St. Louis Airport (STL/KSTL)