I read this article and it was suggesting that people who are over weight are supposed to purchase first class or buy 2 seats. Since other services that ship stuff it is charged by the pound such as UPS FedEx and so on, people should climb onto a scale with their luggage and pay buy their weight. Also the more the weight of the plane the more gas that is needed.
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_4286897
Here is the article.
What are your comments?
2006-10-11 12:35:43 · 12 answers · asked by feenxsuns 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
This includes the person and their luggage
2006-10-11 12:44:51 · update #1
HAHAHAHAHAHA... no.
2006-10-11 13:21:34 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is a big problem for airlines.
Sometimes they make a large person buy two seats.
I wish they would just say person and baggage can weigh a certain amount because I always take a bunch of heavy scuba equipment and get limited to 50 lbs, when a 400 lb guy pays the same amount and gets 100's of lb more weight for his ticket.
2006-10-11 12:39:16 · answer #2 · answered by Dennis K 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If it weighs 50 pounds and a million ounce, they are in a position to cost the cost because of the fact the minimize is 50 pounds, no longer 50 pounds extra-or-much less. they'd provide somewhat of leeway, yet no longer 5 pounds properly worth.
2016-12-26 16:34:39 · answer #3 · answered by putz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By the pound gets into way too many sticky issues. Naturally tall people, those genetically predisposed to be heftier, bodybuilders...There are too many variables that go into that. By the seat is as fair as we'll get, so extremely obese can purchase multiple seats. You can't turn an easy physics problem into the new discrimination; packages don't have feelings .
2006-10-11 12:41:57 · answer #4 · answered by kickapookidonthefritz 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the airlines estimate 250 lbs per seat. if they suspect you of weighing more than 250 they make you buy 2 seats. This way the pilot can calculate takeoff and landing weights
2006-10-11 15:09:55 · answer #5 · answered by jimmyluger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok....so I'm 6'2" and weight 210 with 23% body fat. Otherwise, I have a good figure, my weight comes mostly from muscle tone. So a person that is 5'5" with same body fat percentage gets a better rate because his parents had short genes?
2006-10-11 12:45:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not by the pound, but by girth. If a person takes up two seats, they should pay for two. They are robbing the airline of another fare.
2006-10-11 12:37:13 · answer #7 · answered by Unknown 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if they are too big to fit in a regular seat it makes the people sitting next to them uncomfortable. so if this is what's gonna help people i guess it's okay. i think obese people need to realize they are not going to be spoiled and have people walk on egg shells just to make them happy. if doing this is safer then they better!
2006-10-11 12:39:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It would be a good incentive for an overweight America to go on a diet.
2006-10-11 12:38:27 · answer #9 · answered by spackler 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
why not as you said the weight is what cost the airline to fly the plane. the more the weight the more it cost to fly it.
2006-10-11 12:39:10 · answer #10 · answered by roy40372 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
why not ?Cost of every thing else rises with more volume and also greed
2006-10-11 19:24:42 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋