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My 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 wei
by rtpg 10y ago
My 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.