Originally Posted by
kettle1
She also said that the scales are calibrated every two weeks by a private company paid by the airport, where DL rents counter space. Look on the side of the scale - there is a sticker when it was last calibrated.
Originally Posted by
3Cforme
Weights and Measures is typically a state-operated function.
Yeah, I totally erred when I said that airport scales are not regulated anywhere. I should have said that airport scales are not subject to a uniform set of regulatory controls. I've read somewhere that LAX's scales are inspected every 12 months, and read elsewhere that a place, perhaps SEA, has inspections every 36 months. Anyway, whether it's 50 lbs or 70 lbs (or the kg equivalent on other *A, non *A, and LCCs), I've pushed past the limit by a little bit several times in the past and, with the exception of that one time on SQ, was not refused by the agent. So, I'm led to believe that there is a certain leeway because of the inconsistencies from one scale to another.
Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
I once saw SQ weighing carry on bags on the jetway and being quite nasty about it, even for passengers in business and FC. This was the LAX-NRT-SIN TPAC.
This was also my concern when I was unboxing my books on that SQ trip. Years ago, I had been stopped in the jetway of a BR (before *A) LAX-TPE flight, where an agent hand-weighed all the rollaboards (IIRC the carry-on weight limit was 7 kg). Then I figured that if I got hand-weighed again, the rollaboard would be checked just like before. As it turned out, no hand-weighing on the jetway. The female SQ FA even offered to help me put the rollaboard into the overhead bin (it must have weighed 40+ lb
), but I just couldn't let her.
I understand it was probably unsafe, but I've also seen pictures of people inside those bins.
