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NEWARK
– State Office of Weights and Measures
inspectors within the past month have checked
all baggage scales inside the three passenger
terminals at Newark Liberty International
Airport to ensure the devices accurately
weigh luggage.
Problems
were found with 47 of the 252 baggage scales
that were inspected, said David Szuchman,
Director of the state Division of Consumer
Affairs. The 47 scales have been serviced,
re-inspected and are now in compliance.
“Knowing
that the Thanksgiving holiday weekend is
a peak travel period, we inspected the luggage
scales to ensure passenger’s baggage
is weighed accurately,” Szuchman
said.
Each
airline pays $250 annually to have its baggage
scales inspected. The Office of Weights
and Measures is a unit with the Division
of Consumer Affairs.
The
details about the 47 scales that initially
did not pass inspection and required servicing
and re-inspection are listed as follows:
Terminal
A
United
Airlines
- 1
Out of Tolerance
- 1
Unable to Zero
US Airlines
- 1
Out of Tolerance
- 1
No Display
- 1
System Not Working
-
2 LED Not Working
American
Airlines
-
3 Out of Tolerance
- 1
Unable to Zero
- 1
No Display
Air
Trans
Terminal
B
Port
Authority
- 10
Out of Tolerance
- 1
Unable to Zero
- 4
No Display
- 2
System not Working
- 3
Does not Reach Capacity
KLM
- 2
Out of Tolerance
- 1
No Display
Terminal
C
Port
Authority
- 8
Out of Tolerance
-
2 No Display
- 1
System not Working
TOTAL:
47
*Terminal
B - Owned by Port Authority. Port Authority
is responsible for the scales.
*
Terminal C - Owned by Port Authority but
the airlines are responsible for the maintenance
of the scales each uses.
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