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Should airlines charge by the pound?
Posted on 6/15/23 at 8:43 pm
Posted on 6/15/23 at 8:43 pm
Seamus Coughlin just brought up the idea on TimCast.
Seems like the most fair way to price airline travel.
Seems like the most fair way to price airline travel.
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Posted on 6/15/23 at 8:45 pm to GumboPot
Yes, but add the luggage too.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 8:46 pm to GumboPot
I could see the discussions now of people fasting/cutting before a flight.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 8:46 pm to GumboPot
No they should charge by the seat, but if you’re a fat frick you should have to purchase 2 or more seats
Posted on 6/15/23 at 8:47 pm to GumboPot
Yeah that wouldn’t further trigger people with eating disorders or anything…
Posted on 6/15/23 at 8:47 pm to GumboPot
If they did I would save money
Posted on 6/15/23 at 8:48 pm to Athanatos
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Yes, but add the luggage too.
Yep. The entire weight of the passenger and luggage by the pound.
After all, weight is the primary cost of air travel.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 8:48 pm to GumboPot
Yes, all weight you bring to the plane should matter. Luggage and body.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 8:49 pm to IcantBelieveItsNotBu
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If they did I would save money
I’m 195 so it would be about the same for me.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 8:50 pm to TheWalrus
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Yeah that wouldn’t further trigger people with eating disorders or anything…
The cost of Healthcare in this country triggers me and a lot of those costs are accrued by stupid fat Americans.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 8:51 pm to cssamerican
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I could see the discussions now of people fasting/cutting before a flight.
Carbon fiber flight clothes might become a thing.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 8:53 pm to GumboPot
I'm 145 so I support this.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 8:55 pm to Athanatos
Said this for years. You and your luggage should be weighed together
Posted on 6/15/23 at 8:56 pm to TheWalrus
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Yeah that wouldn’t further trigger people with eating disorders or anything…
Good. Maybe switching to Marlboro Lights and Diet Coke will save them a couple dollars when they fly in 2025, if the chemo can get them down to a normal weight.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 9:01 pm to GumboPot
This is small potatoes even group health should be price tiered based on BMI or the option of BF for the OTers that think they are Aaron Donald.
I watch one of my partners with a BMI over 40 stuff his face at lunch with 3,000 calories and then run outside the restaurant to suck down a Marlboro Red to tide him over until we get back to the office and outside the small non-tobacco discount we pay the same thing for health coverage. I will gladly pay extra to cover other peoples weight issues on planes if I can get some choice-based "fairness" in my health insurance.
Where is Mingo when you need him?
I watch one of my partners with a BMI over 40 stuff his face at lunch with 3,000 calories and then run outside the restaurant to suck down a Marlboro Red to tide him over until we get back to the office and outside the small non-tobacco discount we pay the same thing for health coverage. I will gladly pay extra to cover other peoples weight issues on planes if I can get some choice-based "fairness" in my health insurance.
Where is Mingo when you need him?
Posted on 6/15/23 at 9:25 pm to GumboPot
Yep, stand on a scale with all your luggage get charged like that
Posted on 6/15/23 at 9:31 pm to GumboPot
Although I like the fundamental fairness of basic idea--charge more for those who use more--it probably needs to be based more on some combination of width and height; if you're too wide or too tall to fit in regular seats / the regular seat-pitch, then you need a wider seat (or two seats) or a seat with more legroom--and you should be charged accordingly. Relative to commercial flights on decent-sized airplanes, the weight of the passenger is not really so much the issue. (If flying on a puddle-jumper, that may not be true.) Also, there has to be a minimum; a toddler still occupies a whole regular seat.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 9:39 pm to GumboPot
I'm all for it, but my family is not fat.
This post was edited on 6/16/23 at 10:34 am
Posted on 6/15/23 at 9:40 pm to GumboPot
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Should airlines charge by the pound?
And select by height; If you're below 6ft you can't ride.
Like the theme park rides but for adults.
This post was edited on 6/15/23 at 9:44 pm
Posted on 6/15/23 at 11:39 pm to GumboPot
They do with freight.
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