The average weight of passengers has changed over the years

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So if we assume an average of 80kg per passenger fully laden

I read somewhere that an old rule of thumb for carriage design was 16 to the bum, 16 to the ton. That is a seat width of 16" (implying you could fit six people in an 8 foot wide non-corridor compartment) and that an average passenger would weight 1/16 of a ton (10 stone or 63.5 kg, which seems on the petite side)

 

[Gloster]

I read somewhere that an old rule of thumb for carriage design was 16 to the bum, 16 to the ton. That is a seat width of 16" (implying you could fit six people in an 8 foot wide non-corridor compartment) and that an average passenger would weight 1/16 of a ton (10 stone or 63.5 kg, which seems on the petite side)

That depends on when it was thought up: even fifty years ago the average weight was lower. Presuming that you have a mix of males and females, adults and children, that doesn‘t seem to be an unduly low figure.

 

[cool110]

...that an average passenger would weight 1/16 of a ton (10 stone or 63.5 kg, which seems on the petite side)

That depends on when it was thought up: even fifty years ago the average weight was lower. Presuming that you have a mix of males and females, adults and children, that doesn‘t seem to be an unduly low figure.

For comparison the standard weight tables for airlines are 35kg for a child, 76kg for an adult on a holiday charter, and 84kg for all other flights.

 

[The exile]

For comparison the standard weight tables for airlines are 35kg for a child, 76kg for an adult on a holiday charter, and 84kg for all other flights.

Why would people on holiday charters weigh on average less than those on other flights?

 

[cool110]

Why would people on holiday charters weigh on average less than those on other flights?

Because they carry less hand luggage than business travellers.

 

[Lemmy282]

I read somewhere that an old rule of thumb for carriage design was 16 to the bum, 16 to the ton. That is a seat width of 16" (implying you could fit six people in an 8 foot wide non-corridor compartment) and that an average passenger would weight 1/16 of a ton (10 stone or 63.5 kg, which seems on the petite side)

We have all got heavier now, 14 or 15 per ton seems to be the latest figure.