Sentence examples for passenger weights from inspiring English sources

In 2005, as a result of a crash, the F.A.A. updated the average passenger weights used in calculating each flight's total weight and balance.

Results show that, although a passenger weights on average less than one tenth of a ton, he or she represents as much as two tons of solid bulk and about three tons of containerized general cargo in terms of marginal costs.

Add the passenger weights.

Subtract the crew and passenger weights from the payload.

Once the computer registers driver or passenger weight, it will display a list of diet and exercise programs.

But that comes with more riders than a presidential entourage: it depends on climate, driving style, weight of driver, weight of passenger, weight of handbag.

The report also said the pontoon boat capsized because of factors including wind, waves, passenger weight and a decision to turn the boat into the wind.

The Coast Guard recently raised its estimate of average passenger weight after the National Transportation Safety Board warned that outdated estimates that passengers weighed only 140 pounds, on average, were factors in two deadly accidents in which overweight boats capsized.

Having spent the better part of my student days paying excess baggage fees I could ill afford for the books I had to lug around, I am concerned about the increase in estimated passenger weight.

A7 NATIONAL A14-19 Small-Plane Passengers Ordered to Declare Weight Federal aviation officials, saying that overloading may have contributed to a fatal plane crash in North Carolina, said that passengers on small planes would have to tell ticket agents how much they weigh, or step on a scale, to check whether existing estimates of passenger weight are accurate.

The size of the seats is not a function of passenger weight but a legacy of airplane design from a generation ago, said Vern Alg, a former airline executive who is now a private consultant.