Originally Posted by
vagabond
Here is one I asked a great Captain at Alaska, whereupon he just stared at me. Silly boy.
Caveat: not an original question.
Will an airplane weigh less if half the people on it go to the lavatory and pee?
I agree with you, Cubdriver, in the answer I will give to an employer stupid enough to ask me such stupid questions.
It will weigh less. at least some of the people will have the couth to wash their hands, and when the wash water dumps overboard, (at least in some aircraft) that water loss will reduce the weight of the aircraft.
Joe