Poll gauges views on check-in weigh-ins
Nearly two thirds of Brits would be happy for airlines to weigh passengers, according to a Holiday Extras poll.
According to a poll of over 3,500 Brits, a quarter supported weigh-ins for safety reasons and 15% believe heavier passengers should be charged extra at check-in, a view held by almost twice as many men than women.
For the 39% of people who didn’t agree with weighing passengers at check-in, many respondents found it to be rude, intrusive, and unnecessary.
A further 16% also worried it would lead to discrimination against larger passengers.
One in five said they would boycott an airline which introduced the measure, but nearly one in 10 said it would actively encourage them to use an airline more often.
Holiday Extras communications director Ant Clarke Cowell said: "The subject of weighing passengers at check in is clearly a very controversial and sensitive one which divides opinion.
"As more airlines look to introduce weight-based policies, this issue will increasingly become a talking point and it’s interesting to see that public support has increased during the past year."
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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