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My irony detector is on the blink but don't we normally get into largely meaningless conversations about BMI, diet, weightlifting, strength and mass?
Airlines to start weighing passengers..
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My irony detector is on the blink but don't we normally get into largely meaningless conversations about BMI, diet, weightlifting, strength and mass?
It kinda goes against the easy floating part, don't you think? With that being the whole point.
I haven't got an issue "moving around", I go to the gym fairly often.
[FnG]magnolia;28441951 said:My irony detector is on the blink but don't we normally get into largely meaningless conversations about BMI, diet, weightlifting, strength and mass?
Mainly BMI, you've never gone down the weightlifting, strength and mass road.
Will never happen and doesn't even need to happen on any major normal airline.
Why do people get so upperty about flying? Like its still some kind of advetute. Cant you just deal with it for 3h. You can sit in a car or on a train for 3 hours ok right?
Why do people get so upperty about flying? Like its still some kind of advetute. Cant you just deal with it for 3h. You can sit in a car or on a train for 3 hours ok right?
But when you go by car you know who you are going with. When you go by train you usually have the option of finding another seat. When you go by plain you are usually stuck to one seat and you don't want to spend the whole of the flight squished because some fat sod hasn't had the willpower to put a fork down. You paid for the seat for your flight not to donate half the seat for their fat ass.
It's really simple in my mind to sort this out.
Fly a small plane route with an empty plane. Find the fuel costs.
Fly several more times with 100Kg 500kg 1000kg etc etc, and find fuel costs.
Work out average fuel to kg ratio.
Charge accordingly.
Only issue I can see is that airlines will start price fixing and it would need to be regulated, and it doesn't account for wind, or anything that takes up more fuel.
Fly a small plane route with an empty plane. Find the fuel costs.
Fly several more times with 100Kg 500kg 1000kg etc etc, and find fuel costs.
Work out average fuel to kg ratio.
Charge accordingly.
Only issue I can see is that airlines will start price fixing and it would need to be regulated, and it doesn't account for wind, or anything that takes up more fuel.
As cynical as this all sounds, on some level it kind of makes sense. Luggage limits are currently set to a "safe" generic level that ensure a plane does not get overloaded... but what if luggage levels were variable and depended on the weight of the passenger?
For example a 120KG guy would only take 15-20KG to compensate for their greater weight, but an 80KG guy could take 30KG to compensate for the fact they don't weight so much. If heavier people want to add extra weight then they pay for it.
It would certainly benefit me.
For example a 120KG guy would only take 15-20KG to compensate for their greater weight, but an 80KG guy could take 30KG to compensate for the fact they don't weight so much. If heavier people want to add extra weight then they pay for it.
It would certainly benefit me.
Would people consider it more fair to charge based on ideal weight rather than actual. Since I am 6ft3 and 90kg, I can hardly be blamed for having more bones than next to a girl who is 5ft and 60kg, it's just nature. However if she is 5ft and 90kg, then she should pay more??
Is this going a bit nazi'ish?
Is this going a bit nazi'ish?
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You don't need to fly a plane around empty to calculate fuel burn for a certain load.
Pilots do EXACTLY that (calculate fuel burn for set load) before every departure!
Then they should seek professional counselling to overcome their narcissistic obsession with their physical appearance so they don't become an encumbrance to other passengers.
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If they need multiple seats , charge more and weigh them can't really see a way to make it work other than getting tape measure out and seeing if you have the width of a small planet.
it will be hard to just do a weigh limit . im 6 , 4 and 110kg yeh im bigger than the average person but dont take up more than my seat .
was on Jet2 last week going i was in the window seat and coming back aisle , actually had more room in the window seat because the middle person was bigger coming back !
it will be hard to just do a weigh limit . im 6 , 4 and 110kg yeh im bigger than the average person but dont take up more than my seat .
was on Jet2 last week going i was in the window seat and coming back aisle , actually had more room in the window seat because the middle person was bigger coming back !
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Wow, just wow. So you're telling us that the professional body builders out there who fall within the 70kg, 80kg & 90kg classes prove to be as much of an encumbrance as the overweight person spilling over into your seat? Get a grip.
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I better start loosing weight then
Of course, their self inflicted muscular deformity is preventable and treatable with correct counselling. No different to obesity, one is self inflicted over abundance of muscular tissue and the other an over abundance of fat tissue. Both are overweight so why should the bodybuilders be an exception, it's just pandering to their vanity.
So being in shape actually pays off in more ways than one
Will this mean a manlet is rewarded for being a manlet?
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Thought commercial aircraft had load sensors in the landing gear so they should already know this, so how could they go over the maximum
Not the passengers fault then, the cockpit crews.
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