There are airlines that weight their passengers. When I took a Sunflower Airways flight in Fiji, I had to get on the scale with my bag and they then proceeded to write my weight on the boarding pass. Mark -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of WaterskiPilot@xxxxxxx Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 11:55 AM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Weight and Balance 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) --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.481 / Virus Database: 277 - Release Date: 13/05/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.481 / Virus Database: 277 - Release Date: 13/05/2003