Posted on 06/04/2008 9:04:55 AM PDT by mngran2
Basing Airfare On Passenger's Weight Possible Given Surging Fuel Costs
Setting passenger airfares the same way air freight charges are calculated -- by weight -- may not be so far-fetched as the airline industry grapples with surging fuel costs.
Bloomberg.com reports an Air Transport Association official says airline CEOs are considering everything in efforts to cut costs and increase revenue.
That's because airline fuel costs have nearly tripled since 2000. U.S. airlines had combined first-quarter losses of one-point-seven-billion-dollars and could end up with losses totalling six-point-one-billion-dollars in 2008.
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I’ve always been in favor of overweight people having to buy two seats. It’s not a pleasant flight next to someone who’s 400 lbs squeezed into coach.
Guess I picked the wrong week to stop binge eating! /airplane
That’s the question I’ve had for the last 6 months! And then, who really wants to fly anyway. The service sucks, the help is hostile, the airports are ugly, crowded and downright dangerous, the racist goons they use for security hassle anyone lighter than Mohammed Ali, the food is over priced and it sucks as well.
It’s time to dump the airlines for short haul and bring back the trains. At least with trains you’ve got some breathing room.
I ran into a guy once who told a tale of a fellow sitting next to him who had bought two seats.
The problem was that the guy actually needed two-and-a-half seats.
Hmmmm.... I think this would be difficult to get passed.
A woman 5’ 3” 130 lbs, 1x 40 lbs bag
A man 6’ 3” 250 lbs, 1x 40 lbs bag
The man is going to be additionally dinged (120 lbs x distace) just due to he being born genetically tall and muscled?
Maybe if they set an upper max limit, and beyond that additional fee. Say, beyond 300 lbs total? 350???
I just see it as being headache material for the airlines and a bevy of lawsuits. (We Americans, we love our lawsuits.)
As long as my two kids get me a significant discount, no problem. Both of them combined don’t weigh half of what an average adult female weighs, much less a male. Should just about round us back to even.
So, men will pay more than women? Asians (generally smaller) will pay less than blacks (generally larger)?
This policy is ripe for multiple lawsuits.
Big Government payouts.
I think its about time really. Being fat and lazy is good for no one, and frankly I don’t appreciate having to pay extra money so obese people don’t get their feelings hurt. Sorry but BS! You did it to yourself, don’t ask me to drag your extra weight, like it so much, carry it and pay for it yourself.
This doesn't bode well for us tall folks who tend to out-weigh shorter folks without being obese. For me, I'd rather they charge by the cubic foot. That way, I could pay a little more and get some actual hip room and leg room.
I think I will start writing a new book. The Going to be Flying in Two Weeks Crash Diet.Maybe need to think of a title without the word "Crash" in it....
Bite me.
Fewer fatties than in the US?
“The auto pilot is deflating....”
is that before or after you get on a plane?? If you fly business class, it really should be called “gorging” class.
Interesting that this article on overweight is separated from the UN complaint about fat Americans by only one other article.
Something like this is always politically motivated.
Politics = Wickedness in High Places
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