Originally Posted by
smashingly
Yeah that’s a good point, they probably won’t get a representative sample because some people will have body image issues that make them shy about hopping on the scales in front of people - even if the number isn’t displayed. TBH it seems a weird way to get an idea of the average passenger’s weight - they could get anonymised aggregated data from Stats NZ or MoH classified by age / gender / etc. Surely that would be better quality data than 10,000 pax measured every 5 years.
Can't think of any Stats survey that includes weight.
MoH won't have it either. Very rough weights may be held GPs. But not sure MoH could aggregate that data as no need. Number of people who are obese etc maybe collect that as could help health policy & strategy.
None of those would cover and those who actually fly which is the population they want.
Also my understanding is they are also collecting carryon weights which Stats and MoH wouldn't have either.
And Stats and MoH would only cover citizens and residents which isn't reflective of the passenger load. As a statistically significant number of pax would be from outside of NZ.
Plus other things airlines have control over like bedding, food carts, utensils, etc.
Also weighing pax aligns with international standards and best practice.