Gender is dangerous
2021-04-09 01:03:10.856455+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
People getting killed or maimed as a result of gender reveal parties has become so common-place that I've stopped taking note of it, but here's another case where gender is dangerous: Airline software super-bug: Flight loads miscalculated because women using 'Miss' were treated as children
The error occurred, according to a report [PDF] released on Thursday by the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB), because the check-in software treated travelers identified as "Miss" in the passenger list as children, and assigned them a weight of 35 kg (~77 lbs) instead of 69 kg (~152 lbs) for an adult.
The AAIB report attributes the error to cultural differences in how the term Miss is understood.