Air New Zealand's data collection program needs passengers to step on the weighing scale.
Passengers are seen boarding Air New Zealand flight number 246, destined for Wellington on April 19, 2021, in Sydney, Australia. The trans-Tasman travel bubble between New Zealand and Australia begins on Monday, with people able to travel between the two countries without needing to quarantine.
The question is, will passengers allow the airline to see their physical weight? Air New Zealand announced a new protocol that some passengers may find peculiar.
As part of the so-called passenger weight survey, the airline needs passengers to allow them to check their weights. The flight company said that this protocol is implemented on international flights departing from Auckland International Airport.
It will last until July 2. But why is Air New Zealand doing this?
Air New Zealand's Data Collection Program Will Check Your Weight!
According to Interesting Engineering's latest report, Air New Zealand has a new data collection initiative.
An Air New Zealand charter flight begins its take off from Auckland International Airport on April 04, 2020, in Auckland, New Zealand. Air New Zealand is operating a number of special charter flights on behalf of the German government to repatriate German travelers stranded in New Zealand due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Air New Zealand's load control improvement specialist, Alastair James, explained that they don't directly check their passengers' weights.
"For customers, crew, and cabin bags, we use average weights, which we get from doing this survey," explained James via Euro News.
But there's a chance that the average weight used by New Zealand could have changed. This is why the airline decided to request its passengers to step on weighing scales.
Will Air New Zealand Passengers Agree?
Some people are quite sensitive when it comes to disclosing their bodies' weights.
Air New Zealand is already aware of this. To protect the privacy of its passengers, the airline ensured that their weights would not be displayed.
During the process, passengers need to stand on a digital weighing scale when they check in for their flights.
But, instead of showing it on the weighing scale's screen, the weight information will be submitted to Air New Zealand's survey system.
The airliner said that the weight of passengers would not be on the agent's screen.
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