Basing Airfare On Passenger's Weight

[stephanie]

:eek::cow:

Reported by: Web Producer
Tuesday, Jun 3, 2008 @03:28pm CST

Basing Airfare On Passenger's Weight Possible Given Surging Fuel Costs

Setting passenger airfares the same way air freight charges are calculated -- by weight -- may not be so far-fetched as the airline industry grapples with surging fuel costs.
Bloomberg.com reports an Air Transport Association official says airline CEOs are considering everything in efforts to cut costs and increase revenue.
That's because airline fuel costs have nearly tripled since 2000.
U.S. airlines had combined first-quarter losses of one-point-seven-billion-dollars and could end up with losses totalling six-point-one-billion-dollars in 2008.
Industry analysts say a more logical step than weighing passengers to determine fares is cutting capacity by idling aircraft.
American Airlines recently announced it will drop up to 45 aircraft from its jet fleet.
Other carriers are taking various steps to conserve fuel.
By flying a bit slower and adding 72 seconds to its Houston-Los Angeles flight time, Southwest Airlines is saving nearly nine gallons of fuel per nonstop flight on that route.
http://tristatehomepage.com/content/fulltext/?cid=7132

[Trigg]

Are they gonna trust people to tell them their correct weight or are they planning to have a scale at the door???????

The airlines think they're loosing money now, they try this and they might as well shut their doors.

[Hagbard Celine]

YES!!!! Please let this happen! I'm skinny beyotches!

[stephanie]

So.. after you've taken off your shoes, put your little baggie of liquids in the bucket, take your computer out of it's case, they rifle though your bags at random, you walk through the metal detectors......... you will hop up on a scale..??

[Hagbard Celine]

So.. after you've taken off your shoes, put your little baggie of liquids in the bucket, take your computer out of it's case, they rifle though your bags at random, you walk through the metal detectors......... you will hop up on a scale..??

The moo-cows take more fuel to cart from here to there. They should pay more. They're also sweaty and smell like sour milk, which makes the flying experience unsettling.

[Abbey Marie]

They won't charge skinnies less; they'll just charge fatties more. :laugh2:

[Hagbard Celine]

They won't charge skinnies less; they'll just charge fatties more. :laugh2:

Well, there's always room for hope--barring the presence of a chubbums that is.

[MtnBiker]

This could open up a whole new approach to transportation, taxis, trains, busses could all require weigh ins. Imagine a scale on your kid's school bus, but hey it would also be good for the environment.

[glockmail]

I think this is a great idea, but they need to go one step further. They need to have something like long bench seats with adjustable arm rests, so supersize people will get more width, that they have paid for. This will keep said persons arms from flowing over into my seat. Or maybe separate rows for fatties, distributed around the plane.

[glockmail]

This could open up a whole new approach to transportation, taxis, trains, busses could all require weigh ins. Imagine a scale on your kid's school bus, but hey it would also be good for the environment. You know if these global warming kooks were serious (about global warming) then they would be all over your idea. I mean they'd be jizzing all over you about it. :laugh2:

[MtnBiker]

Or maybe separate rows for fatties, distributed around the plane.

I have seen that at movie theaters.

[Hagbard Celine]

Don't they already make really obese people purchase two seats anyway? The armrests are designed so that they can be folded up to make the seats bigger. :dunno:

[Dilloduck]

They won't charge skinnies less; they'll just charge fatties more. :laugh2:

damn--it's like socialism except you redistribute the fat ! :laugh2:

[Mr. P]

Don't they already make really obese people purchase two seats anyway? The armrests are designed so that they can be folded up to make the seats bigger. :dunno:

Yes

[manu1959]

you know skinny people should pay more so the fat people who can't help it can pay less......

[My Winter Storm]

If someone takes up two seats, they should pay for the extra seat. It is not the airlines fault that people gorge themselves stupid. Maybe a little humiliation will be the reality check these people need.

[glockmail]

Don't they already make really obese people purchase two seats anyway? The armrests are designed so that they can be folded up to make the seats bigger. :dunno: I've never seen it, and been stuck "sharing" an armrest with Jabba the Hut all too often.

[KitchenKitten99]

Unless the person has a real medical condition (inability to put the fork down isn't one of them) that causes the obesity, most of these people are just lazy.

Gastric bypass surgery should be reserved for those who are legitimately unable to lose weight through diet modification and light exercise, such as those with thyroid issues. Not someone who "claims" to have tried, when they likely only lasted less than two weeks. Healthy weight loss is a slow process. Too many people are interested only in a quick fix.

[mundame]

So.. after you've taken off your shoes, put your little baggie of liquids in the bucket, take your computer out of it's case, they rifle though your bags at random, you walk through the metal detectors......... you will hop up on a scale..??


Things are not going well in this country................................

Still, maybe it would thin us all down!

[Mr. P]

Unless the person has a real medical condition (inability to put the fork down isn't one of them) that causes the obesity, most of these people are just lazy.

Gastric bypass surgery should be reserved for those who are legitimately unable to lose weight through diet modification and light exercise, such as those with thyroid issues. Not someone who "claims" to have tried, when they likely only lasted less than two weeks. Healthy weight loss is a slow process. Too many people are interested only in a quick fix.

Yep, and that breast implant stuff should be reserved for those who ...can't, ah well...never mind. :poke:

[crin63]

you know skinny people should pay more so the fat people who can't help it can pay less......

Hey you libs should be embracing this, its socialism at its best.

[crin63]

If someone takes up two seats, they should pay for the extra seat. It is not the airlines fault that people gorge themselves stupid. Maybe a little humiliation will be the reality check these people need.

Hey wait a minute. Let me see if I have the answers down right.

From where I stand, I can say with 100% certainty that if I could chose not to be fat, I'd be skinny, however, I am not.

They're born this way they cant help it.

Its not a choice.

They wish they weren't fat but they cant help it.

Maybe it was something that happened in the womb to cause them to be this way.

Gluttony is not a sin.

Maybe it was the way they were raised.

It's not their fault.

Hey Libs, wheres your tolerance for fat people? Why don't you apply your same arguments for homosexuality to the fat people? Hypocrites!

[Abbey Marie]

If someone takes up two seats, they should pay for the extra seat. It is not the airlines fault that people gorge themselves stupid. Maybe a little humiliation will be the reality check these people need.

I would actually prefer a fat person who can't help take up my space, to the non-obese people who spill themselves over onto my airspace just because they are selfish jerks. Their arms hog up the arm rest between us. And men who sit with their legs spread so wide they end up pressing up against my leg in the confines of my seat area.

Then there was this gem:
Last March flying back from Orlando, the woman behind me leaned the huge, filthy grey rubbery head of her cane between my seat and my husband's, so that it was sitting there right between our heads. About two inches from my face.

[manu1959]

I would actually prefer a fat person who can't help take up my space, to the non-obese people who spill themselves over onto my airspace just because they are selfish jerks. Their arms hog up the arm rest between us. And men who sit with their legs spread so wide they end up pressing up against my leg in the confines of my seat area.

Then there was this gem:
Last March flying back from Orlando, the woman behind me leaned the huge, filthy grey rubbery head of her cane between my seat and my husband's, so that it was sitting there right between our heads. About two inches from my face.

you two should have reclined into her lap and started making out......

[Abbey Marie]

you two should have reclined into her lap and started making out......

The cane would have been in the way. :laugh2:

[manu1959]

The cane would have been in the way. :laugh2:

just wrap yourselves around it like snakes and start hissing....

[Abbey Marie]

just wrap yourselves around it like snakes and start hissing....

:laugh2:

You should have seen the dirt on that handle. Dear lord, it was gross.

[gabosaurus]

I didn't know Crin63 was that obese. Oh well, learn something new about DPers every day.

[crin63]

I didn't know Crin63 was that obese. Oh well, learn something new about DPers every day.

Me obese, nope! 6'2" 200lbs.

Get back to me when you have something substantive to add to this thread instead of a lame attempt at another insult.

[Sitarro]

Me obese, nope! 6'2" 200lbs.

Get back to me when you have something substantive to add to this thread instead of a lame attempt at another insult.

She's a "progressive", don't ya know.

[crin63]

She's a "progressive", don't ya know.

Oh Ok, thanks for the heads up. I know not to expect anything substantive then.

Just more lame humor or lame insults.

[Yurt]

Me obese, nope! 6'2" 200lbs.

Get back to me when you have something substantive to add to this thread instead of a lame attempt at another insult.

she has a masters's degree psych, bow down to her greatness

[crin63]

Then there was this gem:
Last March flying back from Orlando, the woman behind me leaned the huge, filthy grey rubbery head of her cane between my seat and my husband's, so that it was sitting there right between our heads. About two inches from my face.

Your patience is amazing.

I would have asked her to move it or handed it back to her. With stuff like that its usually an oversight (didn't realize it was in your face) or blatant disregard (didn't care if it was in your face).