Airlines to start weighing passengers..

I don't know if this is a good idea. If this becomes normal practice around the world then airlines will start to realise that flying a team of long distance runners from Ethiopia needs a lot less fuel than a flight full of Americans or something. Prices will start to get more adjusted for specific "fat people" routes.
 
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Dynix said:
How would this work for weight lifters? This article seems to make the connection that if you're above a certain weight, you require more than one seat. I'm a weight lifter currently hovering around 93kg and not fat - I flew to Italy 2 weeks ago and fit comfortably in one seat. Should I therefore have to pay extra because the 93kg fatty next to me needs two seats?

Going by a persons weight won't work.
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Some people on these forums don't really understand this. I've had people say that under no circumstances should anyone be over 15 stone.

Considering that 15 stone isn't even heavy when taken in the right context of weight lifters, powerlifters and body builders and people with solid mass, rather than just being complete and utter fat messes.

I'm extremely heavy, I'm also overweight, I could do with losing about 20KG, but I'll always find flying awkward and uncomfortable because of my frame, and I wouldn't be happy being asked to pay more just because of that.
 
At 9.5st in weight this worries me like rain. :rolleyes:

Now if I get discount for being said weight, well then I get can get excited! :D
 
robfosters said:
Because it's his own body?

As long as it doesn't affect people sitting next to you, I cant see the hoohah with people carrying a few extra pounds body weight on airlines. Lots of people try hard to keep their weight down, but it can be nigh on impossible for some people without leading a crappy life living on salads and lentils.
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In terms of weight, it makes no difference at all whether 100Kg is 60Kg of person and 40Kg of luggage or 90Kg of person and 10Kg of luggage. 100Kg is 100Kg. So the relevant weight is a combination of passengers and luggage.

In terms of volume, where the volume is matters. A person with a smaller body volume and a bigger luggage volume might be better or worse for the airline than a person with a bigger body volume and a smaller luggage volume, depending on how close each person's body volume is to the most efficient use of the seating.

When it comes to flying, weight and volume is relevant.

You could argue that it's fairer for luggage allowance to be calculated by estimating the total weight of passengers on a full flight, adding a safety margin, dividing the remaining safe weight by the maximum number of passengers and using the result as the luggage limit for everyone, but it's just not true that weight is irrelevant to flying.
 
spoffle said:
Do you often get taken away with the wind?
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Nope have very large anchors if so a event should arise! :p

Just a question and this in genuine, why do I need to weigh more than approximately 60kg? Don't see any advantage, what is the perfect weight please do tell.

Am 5ft 9.5inch tall an weigh 60kg. :confused:
 
spoffle said:
Some people on these forums don't really understand this. I've had people say that under no circumstances should anyone be over 15 stone.

Considering that 15 stone isn't even heavy when taken in the right context of weight lifters, powerlifters and body builders and people with solid mass, rather than just being complete and utter fat messes.

I'm extremely heavy, I'm also overweight, I could do with losing about 20KG, but I'll always find flying awkward and uncomfortable because of my frame, and I wouldn't be happy being asked to pay more just because of that.
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This has nothing to do with the underlying reasons of why people weigh a lot.

At the end of the day it's the person's choice. If they want to get fat by eating more crap than they can burn off it's that persons choice. If you want to get bigger muscles by eating and training that's also one's own choice. The airline however still has to pay for seats and fuel and they don't care if you got big to look good, pick up heavy items or if you just wanted to be a fatty.
 
Dis86 said:
It's something I pondered too after a flight to Barcelona where I was sat next to/under a woman who weighed in at 120kg easily. She was massive! She took up most of my seat in addition to hers leading to a massively uncomfortable flight for me. Yet we both paid the same price for a ticket, to occupy the same size seat for the same journey. She also would have cost the airline more in fuel than me.
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I had it worse, stuck between two 4000lb elephants brothers.
 
itchy said:
Nope have very large anchors if so a event should arise! :p

Just a question and this in genuine, why do I need to weigh more than approximately 60kg? Don't see any advantage, what is the perfect weight please do tell.

I'm 5ft 9.5inch tall an weigh 60kg. :confused:
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So that you don't get blown away by the wind.

asim18 said:
This has nothing to do with the underlying reasons of why people weigh a lot.

At the end of the day it's the person's choice. If they want to get fat by eating more crap than they can burn off it's that persons choice. If you want to get bigger muscles by eating and training that's also one's own choice. The airline however still has to pay for seats and fuel and they don't care if you got big to look good, pick up heavy items or if you just wanted to be a fatty.
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Not everyone is heavy because they've chose to be. Some people are heavy naturally. I am one of those people. As I said before, I could do with losing 20KG, but I'd still be very heavy whilst being a healthy weight for my body type.
 
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