Flight Directors Post intrigued me as when I reading this thread I began searching my memory for the Weights I was using 30 Plus Years ago:
Males: 75kgs or 78kgs including H/Baggage
Females 65kgs or 68kgs including H/Baggage
Children: 40kgs or 43kgs including H/Baggage
Infants always 10kgs.
Baggage weights were always passed as actuals regardless of type of Service. However the Load Planners did for their purposes produce average weight per passenger and baggage for all long haul routes, the only one that stuck in my mind was LGW-LOS 95kgs - If that seems unreal, then if you Dispatched those services in that era you would be tempted to think that figure was far too low.
Crew Weights as for Passengers - Crew Baggage allowance did vary by long and short haul and for a very small number of 'difficult routes' included essential supplies.
Last edited by Opssys; 18th Jul 2008 at 17:58.