Air France to charge obese passengers for two seats
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Heres a solution...just put the fatties into the cargo hold...more seats available then
But there will be a planes flying with just empty seats.
But there will be a planes flying with just empty seats.
Well that happens now ie plenty of flights that are flying without filling their seats. Could be a good thing though...cheaper tickets...yeh right as if that would ever happen.
Lots of interesting opinions here, out of interest does anyone know how airlines actually calculate costs/fuel usage? If they are assuming an average weight per passenger + luggage then anyone above that weight should be charged more.
Effectively, the people below the set weight limit are indeed subsidising the one's above it. It's got nothing to do with whether or not you have a choice to be that weight, it costs x per kilo to transport you so that's what you should have to pay. But, I imagine this would be offset by the additional hassle and time involved in weighing passengers at the airport. Unless your weight rarely fluctuated then you wouldn't know what you were going to have to pay for your ticket.No tickets could be bought in advance, they would all have to bought on departure, which would lose the airlines thousands in the interest they earn on pre-bookings. Not to mention the extra costs involved at the point of departure.
All in all, the seat argument seems easier to manage.
Effectively, the people below the set weight limit are indeed subsidising the one's above it. It's got nothing to do with whether or not you have a choice to be that weight, it costs x per kilo to transport you so that's what you should have to pay. But, I imagine this would be offset by the additional hassle and time involved in weighing passengers at the airport. Unless your weight rarely fluctuated then you wouldn't know what you were going to have to pay for your ticket.No tickets could be bought in advance, they would all have to bought on departure, which would lose the airlines thousands in the interest they earn on pre-bookings. Not to mention the extra costs involved at the point of departure.
All in all, the seat argument seems easier to manage.
I subsidise other folks' kids education
amazed this hasnt been posted yet...
point proven
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It shouldn't be done by weight, just by size. If you don't fit into an economy seat, you fairly obviously should pay for either 2 seats or a business class seat. Much like if you're 6' 10" you don't buy a mini.
when everyone pays equal for everything in life then that is fine
amazed this hasnt been posted yet...
The back story to that pic is the guy actually paid for the two seats in the row behind, and was just sitting there to talk to his buddy mid-flight.
So fat people must pay the price equal to the amount of space they take up, I don't understand what you are saying.
I can live with that but this should also apply to folks with babies
a prent with a baby weighs more than one without
a parent and baby in 1 seat next to you makes it uncomfortable for you
having kids is their choice
I agree with this. I have to pay 40% tax soon to be 50% just because I earn more, so when I dont have to subsidise the less well off, or other peoples educations or Hospital treatment etc, then they dont have to subsidise my flight arrangements etc.
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