Scales?
'That's what the scales at the flying club are for'.
This fascinates me. I can't say I can recall ever having seen scales at a flying club - ever. And on returning to flying in 2005 I visited about 12 flying clubs across the South-east of England over a period of two years. Although I do agree scales should be provided and their use by all personnel intending to fly mandated.
Personally, I never took passengers with me when flying and I always weighed myself and my kit on the bathroom scales at home. (My instructors always knew their own weight). So the absence of scales at the club or flying school never bothered me. I assumed most others must have done the same.
In the fifties even airline passengers had to be weighed before boarding; (in the days when BEA operated DC3s and Viscounts).
So which flying clubs do provide scales for members' use?
Regards,
BP.