An airline’s new policy to ask passengers to weigh themselves voluntarily is criticized for being ’embarrassing’ and ‘triggering’ [Video]

An airline’s trial policy to ask passengers to weigh themselves before flights has sparked controversy, with critics saying it could be triggering and embarrassing.

Finnair, the national airline of Finland, has started asking passengers to voluntarily step on scales at departure gates with their hand luggage to improve the accuracy of cargo weight estimation for the plane.

People who agreed to be weighed were compensated with a complimentary baggage tag.

As of Wednesday, at least 600 people had volunteered to be weighed, the airline said.

Plus-size model Hayley Hasselhoff told British outlet GB News that the move is “triggering to people with eating disorders.”

“I have had friends going to airports in the last couple of hours and not knowing they are going to be weighed. That’s triggering,” she said.

Travel journalist Yvette Caster, also interviewed by GB News, called Finnair’s move to weigh passengers “fatphobic.”

Airlines can use average weights provided by aviation authorities or could collect their own data…