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Old Jun 10, 2017 | 12:15 am
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Never saw it happen on any jet, even a CRJ. But I was asked once on a USAir Dash8. I'm definitely a big guy though, so while I wasn't expecting it, I wasn't surprised.

Originally Posted by eeflyer
I remember a few years ago that HA came under fire for announcing a new policy of weighing passengers at checkin! However in that case, I believe it was due to the "average assumed weight" per passenger was not representative of actual weight which led to increased fuel consumption.

Edit: I forgot to mention that this was on 767s no less.
Not even "a few years ago", that was 2016!
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a7375426.html
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