have a frame near the check-in area through which each passenger must pass before being allowed to check in.
Only problem with that is, after check-in is when the passenger is wearing their immersion suit, lifejacket & rebreather. Even bulkier than before.
I was shot-down by SASless on a previous thread, when I said that I had been expected to fly 9 guys with an
average weight of 306lbs in a S76.
For those that don't know the layout of a S76, the front row passengers have to board behind the crew seats (that have to be lowered to let people in) and the rear seat passengers have to board behind the middle row.
I'm not saying this is unsafe, but that it could be safer if there wasn't huge guys that would block the emergency exits in the event of a ditching. This
is an issue for the Oil/Gas companies to address.