Cost of flying based on weight?

[Rubycon]

Round 'em up!

:Q

Imagine two scales at the airline ticket counter, one for your bags and one for you. The price of a ticket depends upon the weight of both.

 

[RichardE]

Breast implants are going to go down

 

[her209]

That's discrimination!

 

[Lola]

Score for me!
I am by no means annorexic, however, my old jeep had automatic "on" passenger air bags. When I sat there, it did not turn on.

 

[Perknose]

Looks like I picked a bad day to get my 20 pound penoir surgically re-attached.

 

[mugs]

I guess since I almost always fly with my wife, it'll even out.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Perknose
Looks like I picked a bad day to get my 20 pound penoir surgically re-attached.

You should have listened to your mother when she said it would fall off if you play with it.

 

[Mrvile]

Good move. It'll get rid of fat people in this country.

 

[Baked]

That's racist against all the fatties. I smell class action lawsuits.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Good move. It'll get rid of fat people in this country.

I think you overestimate how much fat people (and people in general) fly.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

i think this would actually help fatties slim down.

the costs associated with being overweight are huge, but they are almost all indirect. stepping on a scale and getting a bill is about as direct as you can get.

 

[Ns1]

only makes sense.

for added lulz they'll start charging based on dimensional weight too.

 

[wwswimming]

maybe people will start selling weight credits like carbon credits.
light people can rent out part of their weight allocation.

if 2 people fly in the same seat, do you get a discount ?

 

[marvdmartian]

Here's an idea. Get rid of the arm rests, and let extra fat people sit next to extra skinny ones! It balances out that way, and everyone fits!!

 

[TheVrolok]

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
i think this would actually help fatties slim down.

1) Heavy people are not necessarily fat. At the end of my cuts I'm usually around 230lbs and 12-16% bodyfat. Sorry that I was born taller and broader than many?

2) If I could see a good study done that shows obese people constitute even a large minority of air travelers then maybe I could see this.

3) Damn it! I don't wanna pay more to fly just because I go to the gym!

 

[ChaoZ]

Weeeeee, cheaper tickets for me.

 

[Drako]

About damn time!

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Good move. It'll get rid of fat people in this country.

Only if we charge by weight for incoming international flights.

 

[Foxery]

Hasn't public outrage stopped this before? If only we could implement this in more ways. Y'know, like the "You must be this tall" signs at theme parks, but in reverse.

 

[XZeroII]

Originally posted by: Baked
That's racist against all the fatties. I smell class action lawsuits.

racist against fatties?

 

[Leros]

They should just have bigger seats in the back of the plane for fatties. "Sorry sir, you literally do not fit in this seat, you can pay an extra $100 for a extra large seat". Sounds good to me.

 

[Kelvrick]

Hahaha, cabs should charge extra for fatties as well.

On another note, I think there is a certain fatty in my office that ALWAYS MISSES THE FUCKEN URINAL! How the hell does he spill like 6 oz of piss all over the floor directly in front of the urinal? God sakes, he mostly sticks to the lower of hte pair, but sometimes he must hit them both, then I don't know what to do!

I guess its hard to aim when you can't see past your tubby tummy.

 

[Tim]

Shit... looks like my life style of do whatever I want whenever I want has finally caught up (read freedom) I'll never be able to fly again unless I'm rich.

That's okay, I'll never have to deal with seat-belt extenders again... the latches like to catch under my over hanging stomach and hurt quite a bit and leave marks.

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: her209
That's discrimination!

fat people are not a protected class

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: ChaoZ
Weeeeee, cheaper tickets for me.

who said they'd be cheaper? you'd just be paying less than a fat person, not less than you do now.