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Yes, but that's not a standard occurrence. Just one time random weight to get some stats.
You may wnt to check on that.
Have you travelled with Ricardo seats? Those were serious upgrades in Fiat 124 and 130. May not suit some of the "haha I got what I wanted" obese influencers. says routes are not overly long.
Have you travelled with Ricardo seats? Those were serious upgrades in Fiat 124 and 130. May not suit some of the "haha I got what I wanted" obese influencers. says routes are not overly long.
Finnair said the move, which will be done on a voluntary basis through May, is designed to improve balance calculations that will enhance flight safety.
Air New Zealand does that as part of a survey to generate average weights for people traveling on Air New Zealand flights.
Both tests are voluntary and anonymous. The goal is to get readings from at least 10,000 air passengers.
The scales do not display the weight as this is fed directly into a computer and recorded anonymously.
Have you travelled with Ricardo seats? Those were serious upgrades in Fiat 124 and 130. May not suit some of the "haha I got what I wanted" obese influencers. says routes are not overly long.
Are you thinking of Ricardo Montalbán and his "rich corinthian leather" seats of the chrysler cordoba he pitched? Recaro is the brand name.
I'm with Burdell. Don't write off the seats until you experience them.
There are several issues to be considered here. Are the thin seats any more or less comfortable than the existing seats? (I don't know yet, and I doubt these whiny influencers know yet either.) Are the thin seats going to enable more rows to be added, thus increasing the number of passengers on the plane? Probably, which is a downside from the passenger's point of view. Are they going to reduce the seat pitch, enlarge it, or leave it the same? This will make a considerable difference in passenger comfort, over and beyond the comfort of the seat itself. Are the seats going to be wider, narrower, or the same as their current seats? I would assume the same, since all of Southwest's planes are 737s with six-across seating.
What I get from all of this is, I'm not going to judge the comfort of these seats until I actually experience them.
The good news (as for now) is that there won't be more rows crammed in.
I don't know how much additional 1" of foam would increase the weight of the plane, but they sure hope to decrease it by making seats thinner.
Balancing the aircraft and loading the right amount of fuel will reduce the environmental impact of flying, technologist claims.
A flight affected by weight and balance priorities could involve moving you to another seat, bumping your baggage or even bumping you.
There is no minimum width, length, or distance between rows of seats required by the FAA, with many still the same dimensions they were in the 1980s, when Americans were slimmer. So, by making things lighter, they are trying to balance the planes weight.
Surely that effort would be cancelled by adding more seats, though. So we will see...
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Recaro is the brand name. 
