"No one can see your weight - not even us!" James added. "We weigh everything that goes on the aircraft - from the cargo to the meals onboard, to the luggage in the hold," so that pilots can know the weight and balance of the aircraft, Alastair James, a load control specialist for the airline, said. "For customers, crew and cabin bags, we use average weights, which we get from doing this survey." Passengers' weights are recorded anonymously The survey is mandated by the country's Civil Aviation Authority, the airline said in a message to NPR. "For safety reasons we need to know the weight of all items onboard the aircraft," the airline says. The goal isn't to single out passengers who might contribute to a plane being overloaded or out of balance - instead, the airline says, the process is part of a survey to gather real-world information. It's normal to weigh passengers' bags when checking in for an international flight - but in Auckland, it's the passengers who are now getting onto scales before flying abroad on Air New Zealand. A passenger stands on scales at Auckland International Airport as part of a survey to generate average weights for people traveling on Air New Zealand flights.
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