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In reply to the discussion: Samoa Air has become the world's first airline to implement "pay as you weigh" [View all]idwiyo
(5,113 posts)1. K&R I guess cargo is a cargo is a cargo, human or otherwise. Total equality.
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Samoa Air has become the world's first airline to implement "pay as you weigh" [View all]
Ichingcarpenter
Apr 2013
OP
Overweight passengers place more burden on the carrier than does overweight baggage
DollarBillHines
Apr 2013
#54
My ticket will be very cheap under this deal, but it leaves very bad taste in my mouth.
idwiyo
Apr 2013
#71
Humiliation has never resulted in weight loss...or anything good that I can think of.
Honeycombe8
Apr 2013
#60
Read this study : The Obesity Epidemic in the Pacific Islands Michael Curtis United States Departme
Ichingcarpenter
Apr 2013
#12
Switching to a traditional diet results in an utterly trivial level of weight loss
eridani
Apr 2013
#48
Obesity is much less of a health problem for people with a genetic inclination towards fat
eridani
Apr 2013
#11
BMI. being based solely on height and weight is unable to account for differences
Thor_MN
Apr 2013
#81
There is a side door and the seats also fold forward, typical of most aircraft of that size. n/t
A HERETIC I AM
Apr 2013
#40
As I said, the info is not that the plane will prohibit anyone from flying.
Honeycombe8
Apr 2013
#69
People are paying by the kilo--tall/short doesn't matter, it is how much the passenger and his or
MADem
Apr 2013
#28
I went on one of those water planes between San Juan PR and one of the V.Islands.
MADem
Apr 2013
#59
Instead of paying more, maybe they'll let you sew a star on your shirt sleeve and
Honeycombe8
Apr 2013
#63
Why don't they charge tall people more? How about if they require that extra skinny people share
liberal_at_heart
Apr 2013
#23
No. That's not what I said at all. Not even remotely. This really isn't rocket science.
MADem
Apr 2013
#58
Yeah...generally, taller people weigh more. Also, men will pay more. Blacks will
Honeycombe8
Apr 2013
#64
It's just a profit thing. The airline already knows the avg total wt of its passengers
Honeycombe8
Apr 2013
#66
Just another way for holier-than-thou fitness freaks to feel superior... nt
Comrade_McKenzie
Apr 2013
#33
And for an airline to raise fares in such a way that not all passengers will be angry.
Honeycombe8
Apr 2013
#68
Food is a large expense in schools. I think there shud be extra fee for kids who weigh more.
Honeycombe8
Apr 2013
#70
When I was in school, all kids got the same amount of the same food items for lunch.
FarCenter
Apr 2013
#72
You get food from the skinny kids. Sometimes, if there's a lot of something,
Honeycombe8
Apr 2013
#78
Cape Air weighed all passengers everytime we flew in one of those itty bitty planes
we can do it
Apr 2013
#38
Who knows? Is Samoa Air's policy upsetting those who use it the most or just DUers?
we can do it
Apr 2013
#52
Samoans travelling regionally are used to being weighed before they fly. It's no biggie, pardon the
MADem
Apr 2013
#73
(!) Though I love this place, sometimes I think we tend to overkill some issues.
we can do it
Apr 2013
#74
We also go light with a small carryon only, so I know we would save money, too.
we can do it
Apr 2013
#76