This European airline is weighing passengers: Do you have a right to say no?
On Monday, one European airline started inviting passengers to ‘weigh in’ before flights. Finnish airline Finnair is asking travellers at Helsinki airport to voluntarily step on the scales at departure gates. The company hopes the measure will help estimate the weight of a plane before taking off. While the airline has already had 800 passengers voluntarily weigh themselves, some travellers have expressed concerns over ‘body shaming’ and financial penalties based on weight. So why do airlines need to weigh customers and do you have a right to say no? Why do airlines weigh passengers?Finnair ha...