Originally Posted by
sbiddle
I think you're partially correct - but I was also told a year or so ago one of the reasons for moving to this was to get more accurate weight data for aircraft loading. I'd just assumed bags were weighted behind the scenes automatically but I don't think that is the case at all airports and that some of this is still manual.
I would also have assumed bags were weighed behind the scenes, but if not then this change is a quite plausible explanation.