United Airlines say if Americans were less fat they could save 80 million on fuel

They're doing their part by not feeding the passengers.

You don’t hate fat ppl enough

It would make more sense to hire only female stewardesses - no males! And the females should meet weight restrictions and wear less clothing.

The obesity epidemic is driving metabolic disorders which is causing a variety of systemic issues ranging from cancers, diabetes, reproductive, mental health, cardiac, respiratory, orthopedic, etc. Quite literally every aspect of health is negatively affected by being a fat arse.

Even national security is negatively affected. The average young person couldn't defend themselves, much less the nation if their life depended upon it.

Physical Fitness needs to be at the top of the US agenda going forward in this nation, or even dystopian stories like, "Idiocracy" will seem like a pipe dream.

I’m sure that is part of it, but the bigger part is they have made the seats smaller and the legroom shorter so they can stuff extra rows of seats. Basically they are adding 4-6 more of these fat people on their planes.

Luggage is not due to fuel it’s due to the bag guy having to handle your bags different because of the weight.

I don’t disagree here with being charged by weight, so are my kids going to be cheap as hell? What’s the cut off? 180 lbs? Lot of guys that are in good shape over 180 lbs.

Literally just got off an American flight. I concur.

You believe anything you read from any source.

Are you 87?

It may save the airline a ton of $, but it won’t be in fuel savings because takeoff and landings are the only time weight matters.

They would love to be able to put more people on the airplane by making seats narrower, though!