Baggage weighing at checkin - use of figures?
There has been some discussion in the currentr Spanair thread about weighing checkin baggage. Several people say that the figures thus obtained are only used for charging excess to passengers, and the figures are not passed on to the crew.
As SLF I have seen some passengers checking in with maybe 20 or 30 boxes 1mx1m (garment buyers leaving HK)
Could this be a significant weight?