New Zealand’s Civil Aviation Authority is requiring that its national airline weigh passengers departing on international flights from Auckland International Airport cnn.it/43cOequ

@CNN If an airplane can carry 200 passengers but all 200 passengers weigh 450 pounds, the airplane can't carry 200 passengers.

@CNN Will you get cheaper flights for weighing less?

@CNN Good. Why do I get charged extra for 2 lbs over on my carry on but fats get to bring an extra 200 lbs on board?

@CNN This is an extreme example, but maintaining weight and balance of an aircraft is critical.

@CNN I am underweight for my height. Can I carry more luggage?

@CNN Now that’s discrimination

@CNN Will you get cheaper flights for weighing less?

@CNN Pay per pound… bring it on 🥴😂👍

@CNN The arches

@CNN They should charge obese people more for their seat, not much fun being stuck next to one, not forgetting the safety issues. #PorkerTax 🥱🥱🥱

@CNN For anyone trying to understand why this is important and should be updated regularly, watch Air Crash Investigators in Flight 5481. Probably one of most influential crashes in decades. #avgeek

@CNN Makes sense

@CNN Nothing in research is anonymous 😂😂😂

@CNN About time

@CNN Amazing! People should be charged based on weight. Otherwise we subsidize the fats and that is the antithesis of equality

@CNN Some absolute whale will moan at this, probably with purple hair ans hairy armpits

@CNN I was made to do that years ago at an Australian airport, and they called out everyone's weight.

@CNN They watched a rerun of curb your enthusiasm recently

@CNN This won't end well. You can already hear the US domestics going... why didn't we think of this first! Think of the upcharges!

@CNN if its implement in US then all the flight only can carry half of its capacity 😂

@CNN @ronttan

@CNN People freaking out anout having to be weighed, but happily use the facial recognition system going through security like sheep.🤦🏻‍♂️

@CNN If it’s anonymous, no one can see or relate it to an individual, (so no embarrassment) not really an issue Will probably save on fuel etc therefore less emissions Helicopters regularly do this for balance

@CNN Haha. How to trigger the libs.

@CNN Lol, they better not start that here in the U.S., half the seats will be empty.

@CNN Really cnn go. AWAY

@CNN They will weigh you in kilos so I wouldn’t have a clue what that is in pounds, so it would be meaningless for me to hear what other people weighed! Lol

@CNN This would be very awkward in the US

@CNN I love those shoes

@CNN Yooo there will be a demonstration "Fat discrimination"

@CNN 😂😂😂😂😂

@CNN I’d be embarrassed by being weighed in public than be dead. I have watched enough episodes of Air Distasters to understand how critical weight is on an airplane. Everyone should step on a scale, luggage and all when scanning their boarding pass.

@CNN Love it, we should also time people on how fast they can get on and off a plane also. Crazy how slow people are like the world is waiting for them to get up and grab a bag.

@CNN I thought fat weighs less than muscle tho 👀🫣😂 💀

@CNN Interesting they probably don’t have as much toxins in their food as we do in America with artificial stuff…