Mojai Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Maybe you're thinking about this in the wrong way. Larger people (taller, heavier, etc.) have to buy larger clothes, larger clothes weigh more than smaller clothes. Therefore, if a man who is 6ft and a women who is 5ft take the same amount of clothes (6 shirts each, 4 pairs of jeans each, etc.), the larger persons case will weigh more. Surely, then, the smaller you are, the less you should be allowed to check-in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frohike Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 We should ban people claiming benefits from flying as they are not supposely earning enough to make ends meet but can waste money going on holiday instead of working Not everyone claiming benefits are 'dole scum'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeS Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Lets keep it simple: There are three standard sized Airline chairs (first class, business and economy) in check in areas with a sign: "If you can't fit into these chairs, you are too fat to fly" Just like the little cages they have for cabin baggage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number Six Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Fair enough, but it's irrelevant to the fact that it's unfair to base these charges on people's weight. Do you think it generally unfair to base the price charged for goods and services to on the cost of providing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redyam Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 I expect the main reason is airlines don't want to tell people they are too fat, or ask people to stand on some weighing scales. The first one to do it is going to get so much abuse from passengers, papers, 'size acceptance groups' that it is probably not worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul2412 Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 It's a valid point, and fat people actually caused a crash in the USA some years back. The pilots take into account an average weight for the passengers and on this particular flight it was full with many people being overweight. The plane stalled on take off due to excess weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spindrift Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 They should make fat people stand in those glass rooms smokers used to use at airports. And then not let them on the plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansheff Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 It's a valid point, and fat people actually caused a crash in the USA some years back. The pilots take into account an average weight for the passengers and on this particular flight it was full with many people being overweight. The plane stalled on take off due to excess weight. I remember seeing the programme about this crash and the reason it crashed was because the change in peoples average weight had not been taken into account. Cause(s) NTSB investigations found there had been substantially inaccurate weight and balance calculations for company airplanes, resulting in loss of pitch control during take-off. http://www.natgeochannel.co.uk/programmes/air-crash-investigation/charlotte-2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYKWIA Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Had a quick scan through this thread, to all you people that are ranting on about people who weigh more should pay more, how would it work ? So you buy a ticket to fly say 9 months in advance. What, do you enter your body weight when booking your ticket and a price is worked out then ? 9 months later you then get to check in and what happens if you have put on or lost an extra few pounds. Do the check in people make you stand on some scales and if you weigh more you have to pay more a bit more and if you have lost a few pound do they issue you with a bit of a refund. Check in would take forever. Couldnt you say that about all modes of public transport, bus, coach train ect people who weigh more should pay more. Back in the real world it really doesnt work like that. Sure if your too fat / big to fit into your seat especially if your flying in Y, not so much if your in J or F as these seats should be big enough, you should be made to buy the seat next to you as well but thats totally different from wanting to charge someone extra just because they weigh more than someone else. If you broke down cost of the ticket & worked out exactly how much each passenger was charged for fuel, im sure some people will have paid a few £ more in fuel and some less, based on how much fuel it has cost the airline to fly each person. Going on about the whole price of a tickets, you could start ranting on about is it fair that someone purchased their ticket say 3 months in advance for £250, where as someone else purchased theirs at the last minute but had to pay £450. Is that fair ? In reality is hasnt cost the airline an extra £200 to fly that person, they just know that there is a very good chance that a last minute booker will pay that amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotar Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 What a laugh.. what about having to pay extra for having BO or being ugly or being drunk..... course you should,nt pay more if your overweight... Craig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.