Posted on 01/13/2012 3:36:54 PM PST by appeal2
The former chief economist of Quantas Airlines believes the super-sized set is costing airlines way too much. He claims heavier passengers are costing an additional $472 per flight, in added fuel costs. His solution, charge passengers by the pound. If you're above average in weight, you pay a price for each additional pound. Not that he's going to give supermodels discounts even though they're "saving" the airlines a fortune. After all, that lower BMI is money in the bank for every greedy airline industry.
The nickel and diming that the flying public is continually subjected to isn't addressed either. From overweight baggage fees, to extortionate food sales, to exorbitant flight change fees, the airlines are screwing their customers at every possible opportunity. Why can't they just level with the public and increase prices to achieve profitability. Everyone understands that soaring energy costs make it harder for them to stay in business. A little bit of honesty would go a long way.
Charging by the pound will be called “racist” once the statistics on obesity are examined a bit closer.
Like the bogus "carbon credits", the "skinnies" should be able to sell their weight credits to the "fatties".
I’d fly an airline that weighed me and charged me by the pound. They’d have my patronage.
But if you were charged more because you were fat, shouldn’t you get a bigger seat?
+1 here. I fly on Southwest primarily, usually aisle seats. If a fatty has to sit in the middle the armrests have to come up and either side passenger has to lean away. This makes for the most uncomfortable experience.
So either: they charge more but give them more space, perhaps their own section on the plane. Or just not allow them to fly. They already banned smoking, why not the obese?
I like the idea of charging me by the combined weight of my person and my luggage (including carry-on). It will invite a bit of fraud - hide your carry-on with a friend and then retrieve. They could require that all carry-ons be tagged as having been weighed.
Damn... that is a rather disturbing statement.
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Refit the cargo hold with more passenger seats. |
I’d be fine with this, if you were weighed with ALL your luggage. That way fatter people could cut back on luggage and come out even.
Fat section? That would be a godsend.
“You must be this wide to enter!”
Go ahead and give it a try Hoss. Let’s see how long you stay in business.
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