A European airline has begun the practice of collecting passengers’ weights prior to their boarding of the aircraft, which has the potential to cause a great deal of controversy.
The airline Finnair, which is located in Finland, has started “measuring” people leaving from Helsinki, and the involvement of its customers is entirely optional. The measures, which include people as well as their carry-on baggage, are intended to provide the airline with a more accurate estimate of the weight of the aircraft prior to departure.
The effort was initiated at Helsinki Airport, according to Kaisa Tikkanen, a representative for Finnair. She added that more than five hundred customers had volunteered their time to participate in the campaign. It is emphasized by the airline that the data that is gathered is not connected to any personal information and that its primary purpose is to improve the safety of flights.
During the process of calculating weight, a number of factors, including a person’s age, gender, and class of travel, will be taken into consideration. Finnair maintains that the total weight data may only be accessed by the customer service person who is present at the measurement site, hence protecting the confidentiality of the participants.
It was highlighted by the head of communications, Paivyt Tallqvist, that the project is a component of the airline’s commitment to a strong safety culture. The purpose of this endeavor is to evaluate the precision of the data that is used in the computations, which is an extremely important factor in the overall performance of the airplane.
The implementation of such procedures is not something that Finnair is the first to do; Korean Air adopted a program that was quite similar to Finnair’s in the previous year. The airline underlines its dedication to guaranteeing correct data for flight calculations and adds that passengers typically understand the safety reason for the program. This technique may be considered uncommon by certain passengers; nonetheless, the airline emphasizes that customers generally comprehend the situation.
A European airline has begun the practice of collecting passengers’ weights prior to their boarding of the aircraft, which has the potential to cause a great deal of controversy.
The airline Finnair, which is located in Finland, has started “measuring” people leaving from Helsinki, and the involvement of its customers is entirely optional. The measures, which include people as well as their carry-on baggage, are intended to provide the airline with a more accurate estimate of the weight of the aircraft prior to departure.
The effort was initiated at Helsinki Airport, according to Kaisa Tikkanen, a representative for Finnair. She added that more than five hundred customers had volunteered their time to participate in the campaign. It is emphasized by the airline that the data that is gathered is not connected to any personal information and that its primary purpose is to improve the safety of flights.
During the process of calculating weight, a number of factors, including a person’s age, gender, and class of travel, will be taken into consideration. Finnair maintains that the total weight data may only be accessed by the customer service person who is present at the measurement site, hence protecting the confidentiality of the participants.
It was highlighted by the head of communications, Paivyt Tallqvist, that the project is a component of the airline’s commitment to a strong safety culture. The purpose of this endeavor is to evaluate the precision of the data that is used in the computations, which is an extremely important factor in the overall performance of the airplane.
The implementation of such procedures is not something that Finnair is the first to do; Korean Air adopted a program that was quite similar to Finnair’s in the previous year. The airline underlines its dedication to guaranteeing correct data for flight calculations and adds that passengers typically understand the safety reason for the program. This technique may be considered uncommon by certain passengers; nonetheless, the airline emphasizes that customers generally comprehend the situation.