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re: Should airlines charge by the pound?
Posted on 6/15/23 at 11:56 pm to GumboPot
Posted on 6/15/23 at 11:56 pm to GumboPot
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Should airlines charge by the pound?
They do to some degree. Pax are given a standard weight on boarding. I think its 184lbs(
)during the warmer months. It goes up in the winter. To your point, I wouldn't be opposed to having people belly up to a scale. Would probably be terrible for business though.
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Posted on 6/16/23 at 12:02 am to GumboPot
Pipsqueaks in this thread like
Posted on 6/16/23 at 12:07 am to GumboPot
Just put a disclaimer when you are buying the ticket. If your fat arse is bigger than this many inches you will be required to purchase two tickets. The metal detectors also measure how fat your arse is now. Problem solved
Posted on 6/16/23 at 1:20 am to NOLATiger163
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Relative to commercial flights on decent-sized airplanes, the weight of the passenger is not really so much the issue. (If flying on a puddle-jumper, that may not be true.) Also, there has to be a minimum; a toddler still occupies a whole regular seat
The weight of passengers absolutely matters. We use 195lbs per adult in the winter and 190lbs in the summer and 85lbs for children to help calculate total takeoff weight.
This includes passengers and their carry on bags. Over 40% of Americans are obese these standard average weight numbers are way too low.
If it means weighing passengers and using an actual weight system to be more accurate (and safe) so be it.
Posted on 6/16/23 at 1:36 am to GumboPot
Ok bro I nominate you to be the guy to go ask all the women how much they weigh or make them get on a scale.
It was nice knowing you
It was nice knowing you
Posted on 6/16/23 at 1:40 am to GeauxxxTigers23
Not all "fat fricks" are guilty of being "fat fricks". There are some people whose biology is just "big".
See John Madden for example, he did not have to diet, he was just large.
See John Madden for example, he did not have to diet, he was just large.
Posted on 6/16/23 at 7:04 am to TutHillTiger
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Ok bro I nominate you to be the guy to go ask all the women how much they weigh or make them get on a scale.
It was nice knowing you
Engineering and the business side of the airline industry are like, "this is a great idea".
The marketing side is like, "are you crazy?"
I get the point but the airline industry is probably big enough to where one airline would be successful trying it. Initially they would probably attract all the low weight passengers and save a tremendous amount on fuel per year.
Posted on 6/16/23 at 7:07 am to Eurocat
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Not all "fat fricks" are guilty of being "fat fricks". There are some people whose biology is just "big".
See John Madden for example, he did not have to diet, he was just large.
True. But if you are charging by passenger weight plus luggage, passenger weight is only one part of the equation. 110 pound insta whores' luggage is going to at least double their weight.
Posted on 6/16/23 at 7:09 am to GumboPot
Yep, and mfers should be required to stow their carry-on in their overhead instead of me having to take it out and lay it in the aisle
Posted on 6/16/23 at 7:15 am to GumboPot
Fly naked and save those 5 extra pounds.
Posted on 6/16/23 at 7:27 am to GumboPot
Not fair to tall people. We're going to charge more to the least comfortable people on the plane?
Posted on 6/16/23 at 7:31 am to GumboPot
Let’s get them to offer reliable service first. American Airlines can’t do anything right.
Posted on 6/16/23 at 7:32 am to GumboPot
Yeah I'm 6'4 we already get discriminated against enough no thanks
Posted on 6/16/23 at 7:33 am to GumboPot
Don't some already charge for luggage over a certain weight?
Should do the same for passengers.
Should do the same for passengers.
Posted on 6/16/23 at 7:36 am to Doosh606
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Yeah I'm 6'4 we already get discriminated against enough no thanks
Don’t get me started on the ever decreasing legroom space on planes. There is simply no way to get comfortable or you are over 6’2” unless you are in a premium seat. And good luck boarding without hitting your head on the exit sign if you are in a CRJ.
My biggest complaint with this isn’t with the airlines though. It’s with the airports - they put those massive TP dispensers in the bathroom stalls right where a taller person’s knee would go. Hell - some of those stalls are so small that it’s nearly impossible to close the door if you have a roller board with you. Guess they didn’t expect people in an airport would have luggage.
And another thing. I’ve said this before….but American Airlines is a joke. And it’s an especially big joke at DFW.
This post was edited on 6/16/23 at 8:13 am
Posted on 6/16/23 at 7:53 am to GumboPot
We use dollars here, friend.
Posted on 6/16/23 at 8:05 am to GumboPot
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Seems like the most fair way to price airline travel.
This is another one of those cases where the idea doesn’t align with the actual numbers:
Let’s look at the 787 which seats about 300 passengers. The difference between a plane full of fat asses and a plane full of anorexic coke whores is about 60,000 pounds. The maximum takeoff weight of this aircraft, which is already one of the lightest for its size ever built, is over half a million pounds. Therefore, the difference in the two extreme examples of passenger physique is only about 10% the total weight of the aircraft.
And all of that only affects a small portion of the fuel costs. Equipment, maintenance, personnel, insurance, etc., are all costs that aren’t affected by the weight of the passengers. I’d hazard a guess that the weight of the passengers amounts to a rounding error for modern commercial airlines.
After all, the one truth amongst every airline in the world is that they are always trying to cram MORE people on each flight … they’re obviously not concerned by how much a passenger weighs.
I’ll agree with the other poster that said they should enforce people having to purchase larger or extra seats if they can’t fit into the seats.
Posted on 6/16/23 at 8:06 am to NYNolaguy1
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We use dollars here, friend.
Brexit stage left, baw
Posted on 6/16/23 at 8:11 am to GumboPot
You southern folks are fricked if they do.
Posted on 6/16/23 at 8:23 am to GumboPot
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Should airlines charge by the pound?
Do you get a rebate if you show up to your flight 20 lbs less?
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