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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    Would there be market consequences if all airlines charged by weight? Would all heavy people stop flying, or would there be an increase in light-weights flying?
    Well, the market consequence is that heavier people would be charged more and the result is that they would tend to fly less. On top of that, the public perception of charging PEOPLE has some resistance because the generally cost allocation perceived as 'fair' is a per capita split (obviously freight is a function of weight/volume and transporting people doesn't change the fact that it drives costs, it does)

    An airline that does this will rub against the grain and there should be some expectation of lost goodwill.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Private Pickle View Post
    Fair...unfair...I dunno...but if I get stuck in the middle seat between to 450lbers one more time I'm gonna lose my mind...
    Yeah, I recently flew - just a short junket on a smaller inter-city plane, and the guy next to me was enroaching into my space. Nice guy - a JAG lawyer, but I'm glad it wasn't a longer flight.
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    I have a problem when the person next to me is in my seat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    I have a problem when the person next to me is in my seat.
    The question is, a what point should the encroacher have to purchase an extra seat?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    The question is, a what point should the encroacher have to purchase an extra seat?
    When they need more than the seat they are sitting in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    Should passengers be charged for airline tickets based on their weight?

    That idea is being floated in the Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management by Bharat P Bhatta, associate professor of economics at Sogn og Fjordane University College in Norway.

    Related: A fine for being fat?

    Bhatta published his controversial findings saying, “Charging according to weight and space is a universally accepted principle, not only in transportation, but also in other services.”

    He suggests three methods of implementing the scheme: a simple price-per-pound, a fixed low fare with heavier passengers paying a surcharge and lighter passengers being offered a discount.

    Bhatta said that charging overweight fliers more would help carriers recoup the cost of the extra fuel required to carry them, saying that reducing the weight on a plane by a little more than 2 pounds will result in fuel savings of $3,000 a year.

    Many argue that such policies are discriminatory and humiliating. But the debate over "passengers of size" has been growing since 2008 due to the rising price of jet fuel. About 30 percent of American adults are considered obese, according to the Center for Disease Control.

    Samoa Air, which operates out of the Pacific, is already charging passengers based on their weight. Many U.S. carriers have also been tightening up their policies.


    Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2013/0...#ixzz2PLcFCqH2

    Is this fair or discriminatory?


    Health insurance should be based on weight, obesity and obesity related disorders broke the health care system.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Greenridgeman View Post
    Health insurance should be based on weight, obesity and obesity related disorders broke the health care system.
    Yes, they increase risk, better ehe risk-taker pay more than spread the cot to all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Private Pickle View Post
    When they need more than the seat they are sitting in.
    Heavy people often feel that they are facing discrimination on airlines, but they don't actually consider the rights of the neighboring passenger who is sacrificing part of their seat, which they paid for in its entirety, of which they may only enjoy three quarters, whereas the oversized individual gets at least an additional quarter of a seat for free. I think by weight pricing may remedy the situation. Seat allocation should be by weight/girth. If your weight/girth exceeds the specifications of one seat, a second seat should be required and priced accordingly. If the weight/girth requires two seats, but does not reach two minimum fares, they should be able to carry additional weight in luggage without surcharge.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    Heavy people often feel that they are facing discrimination on airlines, but they don't actually consider the rights of the neighboring passenger who is sacrificing part of their seat, which they paid for in its entirety, of which they may only enjoy three quarters, whereas the oversized individual gets at least an additional quarter of a seat for free. I think by weight pricing may remedy the situation. Seat allocation should be by weight/girth. If your weight/girth exceeds the specifications of one seat, a second seat should be required and priced accordingly. If the weight/girth requires two seats, but does not reach two minimum fares, they should be able to carry additional weight in luggage without surcharge.

    Poor fatties often feel that they are facing discrimination on airlines?

    I wonder how that hurts, compared to a Third World child starving to death because some fat-ass consumed a month's rations in a day?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Greenridgeman View Post
    Poor fatties often feel that they are facing discrimination on airlines?

    I wonder how that hurts, compared to a Third World child starving to death because some fat-ass consumed a month's rations in a day?
    Meh...what you want the fatties to send them the Big Mac they eat on Tuesdays? Or slice off a roll of fat for the African frying pan? Lets not go all Drama Queen.

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