Originally Posted by
nicolai
Identify each passenger as they approach the body scanner by scanning their boarding pass. While nude-o-scoping them, calculate the volume of their body, which will give a good estimate of weight.
Why not just f***ing
weigh them in the scanner - simple scales (or weighbridge in some cases), proven tech not rocket science.
For that matter, why not just do a visual estimate of each passengers weight at the gate, rough groups would do (anorexic / thin / normal / overweight / whale). You'll probably get a far better estimate doing that than using gender averages as a proxy for the information you actually want/need.