Just received an answer from PMDG after submitting the support ticket the issue has been forwarded to the team and that they will look into it for any future updates to the NGX.

Just for the record:

 

13kg/pax = 28,6 lb/pax.

 

You should be using 80 kg/pax = 175 lb/pax.

 

Greetings.

He was talking about the weights used for the passengers' (checked) luggage, not the actual passengers.

I think it's safe to assume people would see the difference between the two.

In real life, we actually do use exactly 13kg per passenger for the luggage on intra-European flights.

15kg is our standard for intercontinental flights.

For the actual passenger weights, we use:

MALE   - 88 kg
FEMALE - 70 kg
ADULT  - 84 kg
CHILD  - 35 kg

The "adult" value is only used when no difference is made between male and female passengers.

 

 

The "adult" value is only used when no difference is made between male and female passengers.

 

We did similar, while also changing (passenger) weights for summer versus winter.  We may have changed baggage weights seasonally, but I don't recall it.

We don't change weights seasonally, although we do have a second "set" of weights, for when we perform ACMI flights.

The routes and type of passengers we fly don't really change throughout the year (in terms of luggage and weights), so change isn't really necessary.

I can imagine some bookkeepers would like to change the weights on a monthly, or even weekly basis, just to have some fun.

 

 

The routes and type of passengers we fly don't really change throughout the year (in terms of luggage and weights), so change isn't really necessary.

 

We did it to account for the changes in the weight in clothing (both worn and packed), and...well...personally accumulated because it's not "bathing suit season."

 

Yes, Holiday Weight Gain is a recognized thing here, and many larger corporations have incentives to avoid it (usually somehow fitness-related)...

 

#merica