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I don't get your reasoning. On this flight, most people may be Samoan, but all Samoans are not overweight in the same way, and the variance of passenger weight
by ptaipale 10y ago
I don't get your reasoning. On this flight, most people may be Samoan, but all Samoans are not overweight in the same way, and the variance of passenger weight is larger than with other flight routes. For this reason, finding out how much weight you put on each seat is actually very relevant for flight safety.
- rtpg 10y agoMy reasoning was that, if you took a random sample from a population and seated them in the plan, then you'd be extremely likely to end up with a left-right weight imbalance of (for example) 50% of the average weight of a person from the population. I would have guessed the probable imbalance in any case would be very low compared to the total weight of the passengers + cargo, so not a big deal. But I suppose the airline tested whether their solution worked?
- always_good 10y agoPeople don't sit on a plane randomly. Fat families sit together. And randomness is not an equal distribution. Also, cargo is lighter than the human payload. Most people aren't lugging around their body weight in luggage.
- ptaipale 10y agoAnd, people do not object to weighing their luggage - and cannot prevent it or raise a noise if someone weighs it - so luggage can be loaded in a balanced way.