I think the reason this should be done is that if a person is particularly large (or wide) it'd make the person next doors journey much, much less comfortable (and probably ruin it). I don't really care about the fuel it uses etc. as that's probably not worth thinking about.
Air France to charge obese passengers for two seats
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Sadly the charging by weight thing is unworkable but it does annoy me when you see a massive fatty getting on with a maximum weight suitcase and you know that the airline is spending loads more on fuel to fly them than they are my svelt self.
The Air France scheme seems fair as there is nothing worse than a fatty over flowing into your seat!
The Air France scheme seems fair as there is nothing worse than a fatty over flowing into your seat!
The airlines do what they have to, to survive. I don't think it's a case of trying to milk us for money (they'd just bump prices up if that were the case), but they are mostly barely surviving as it is at the moment. Their costs are only going to increase in the future as well.
Look at how many airlines go out of business every year. With fuel prices increasing, they simply NEED to get as many people as possible on flights so that they don't have to price seats at a ridiculous level.
Of course you do, I wasn't suggesting it was a good idea, it just seems to be better than the associated hassle of a pay by weight system.
How? you have solid armrests, how do you overflow into someone elses seat?
Or are you suggesting shoulder width should be measured on everyone.
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people should pay for their own kids education, those without kids shouldn't pay
you pay for your own healthcare
you sort your own pension
having a baby next to you makes your flight unpleasant
The 100kg was just an example, best not to take it as gospel.
Maybe another way would be to charge a flat fee for a seat, say £60 for flight x, then charge a set price per kg for weight (this includes person and baggage).
One problem with this is people might be tempted to buy up seats around them...
Maybe another way would be to charge a flat fee for a seat, say £60 for flight x, then charge a set price per kg for weight (this includes person and baggage).
One problem with this is people might be tempted to buy up seats around them...
Is their education provided by a private company?
no but it should be
I am not saying that everyone should pay for everything in the real world
what I am saying is that we all end up subsidising others at one point or another, there are more important things to worry about
Agreed.
Is their education provided by a private company?
Air France is partly owned by the French Govt, so it's not fully a private company either. Quite a few schools now are subsidised and partly owned by private companies so your argument fails.
You seem to have latched onto this education point someone posted and regurgitating it constantly but education provides a profit/benifit for the country (and those paying for it) and as such makes sense to have it subsidised and reaching as many people as possible.
Paying more for other people to go to Majorca for a holiday provides no benefit for the one paying for it.
They are hardly comparable.
Should a XL T-shirt cost more than a small one? There are a whole range of products where the there is a fixed price per item or per person even though the cost varies. The company just picks a price such than on average they are profitable, even though the small T-shirt might be a little bit more profitable than the XL.
For this reason I think it's wrong to charge by weight. The flight should be charged per person. The exception is when a person takes up two seats. Then they should pay two fares.
Because having a large number of homeless causes far more problems than someone having top pay a few more quid to go on holiday...
or maybe gets them to get off their arses
anyway this is all a side issue
when do they charge folks with babies for an extra seat ?
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