Regulation 5 Weighing requirements—passengers, crew and hand baggage
Subject to paragraph (2), for the purpose of calculating the total weight of the aircraft the respective total weights of the passengers and crew together with their hand baggage entered in the load sheet shall be computed from the actual weight of each person and their hand baggage and for that purpose each person and their hand baggage shall be separately weighed.
The total weights of the passengers and crew together with their hand baggage may, in accordance with paragraphs (3) to (8) and subject to regulation 7, be calculated at not less than the appropriate weights shown in Tables 1 or 2 and the load sheet shall bear a notation to that effect.
Subject to paragraph (4) where the total number of passenger seats available on an aircraft is 20 or more, the weights for males and females in columns 1 and 2 of Table 1 shall be applicable.
Where the total number of passenger seats available is 30 or more, the “all adult” weights in column 3 of Table 1 may be used for passengers over the age of 12 years.
For the purpose of Table 1, “holiday charter” means a flight by an aircraft for the carriage of passengers each of whom is carried pursuant to an agreement which provides for carriage by air to a place outside the United Kingdom and back from that place, or from another place to the United Kingdom (whether or not on the same aircraft) and for accommodation at a place outside the United Kingdom.
Table 1
Aircraft with 20 or more passengers
| Passenger Seats Available | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 or more | 30 or more | ||
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | |
| Male | Female | All Adult | |
| Passengers on all flights except holiday charters | 88kg | 70kg | 84kg |
| Passengers on holiday charters | 83kg | 69kg | 76kg |
| Children (between 2–12 years) or infants under 2 years of age if occupying a separate seat | 35kg | 35kg | |
| Infants under 2 years of age if sharing a seat with an adult | 0kg | 0kg | |
| Flight crew | 85kg | 85kg | |
| Cabin crew | 75kg | 75kg | |
Where the total number of passenger seats available on an aircraft is 19 or less the weights in Table 2 shall be applicable.
Table 2
Aircraft with fewer than 20 passenger seats
| Passenger Seats Available | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 – 5 | 6 – 9 | 10 – 19 | |
| Male passengers | 104kg | 96kg | 92kg |
| Female passengers | 86kg | 78kg | 74kg |
| Children (between 2-12 years) or infants under 2 years of age if occupying a separate seat | 35kg | 35kg | 35kg |
| Infants under 2 years of age if sharing a seat with an adult | 0kg | 0kg | 0kg |
| Flight crew | 85kg | 85kg | 85kg |
| Cabin crew | 75kg | 75kg | 75kg |
On flights where no hand baggage is carried or where such hand baggage is accounted for separately, 6 kg may be deducted from the weight of passengers over 12 years of age when using Table 2.
Where an immersion suit is worn or carried by a passenger or crew member, 3kg shall be added to the appropriate weight shown in Table 1 or 2 in each such case.