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Honeycombe8

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62. YOU miss the point. How much they pay has no effect on the flight.
Thu Apr 4, 2013, 12:22 AM
Apr 2013

Unless they intend to prohibit too many fat people on a single flight. But that's not stated. It's only that they charge by the weight, presumably a way to increase profits without upping fees for all. So that non-fat people won't protest. A lot of people don't protest unfairness to others....only for themselves.

Since a lot of people in Samoa are fat, presumably the airline already knows the avg weight of a plane full of its passengers.

K&R I guess cargo is a cargo is a cargo, human or otherwise. Total equality. idwiyo Apr 2013 #1
When it comes to the gas the plane needs, then yes. DetlefK Apr 2013 #2
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
It might actually inspire and motivate people to keep fit Franker65 Apr 2013 #3
Humiliation has never resulted in weight loss...or anything good that I can think of. Honeycombe8 Apr 2013 #60
The most obese country in the world is Ichingcarpenter Apr 2013 #4
Wonderful. Their ancestors took a lot of very long ocean voyages eridani Apr 2013 #5
Have you ever traveled on a small plane? Ichingcarpenter Apr 2013 #6
Explain the genetic inaccuracy eridani Apr 2013 #9
Read this study : The Obesity Epidemic in the Pacific Islands Michael Curtis United States Departme Ichingcarpenter Apr 2013 #12
In other words, they were large, but not sick eridani Apr 2013 #17
That is one persons theory FYI snooper2 Apr 2013 #14
Switching to a traditional diet results in an utterly trivial level of weight loss eridani Apr 2013 #48
Most families are finding it cheaper, as it turns out. MADem Apr 2013 #26
The unfairness of discrimination is not that "most" are okay with it. Honeycombe8 Apr 2013 #61
Body Mass Index is a bullshit over-simplification. Thor_MN Apr 2013 #7
OK nobody is overweight and obesity is not a problem Ichingcarpenter Apr 2013 #8
Sorry that someone pissed in your Cherrios this morning. Thor_MN Apr 2013 #10
Careful, don't get in the way of their bigotry Floyd_Gondolli Apr 2013 #16
Obesity is much less of a health problem for people with a genetic inclination towards fat eridani Apr 2013 #11
there are many factors involved in health and weight. Warren DeMontague Apr 2013 #13
Since they now live in communities with enough to eat eridani Apr 2013 #15
yeah. That data -on the lab animals- is frightening. Warren DeMontague Apr 2013 #18
You're right. Apophis Apr 2013 #35
Very true. Marr Apr 2013 #43
Why is BMI wrong? Sgent Apr 2013 #56
BMI. being based solely on height and weight is unable to account for differences Thor_MN Apr 2013 #81
I worked for a while in Micronesia. mainer Apr 2013 #19
The people up in arms about this idea need to keep in mind ONE THING: A HERETIC I AM Apr 2013 #20
Claustrophobic Just Looking RobinA Apr 2013 #25
Your weight is important on a 747. pangaia Apr 2013 #30
There's much more "slop" when it comes to weight on a 747. MADem Apr 2013 #37
As I said, weight is important on a 747 also. pangaia Apr 2013 #51
Looks like you'd need to be a gymnast to get in and out of that plane! AndyA Apr 2013 #27
What a fine, fine aircraft.... pangaia Apr 2013 #31
How do you get into each seat? Marrah_G Apr 2013 #39
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
So you climb over the seats? Marrah_G Apr 2013 #41
Two ways to get in; A HERETIC I AM Apr 2013 #42
YOU miss the point. How much they pay has no effect on the flight. Honeycombe8 Apr 2013 #62
No, I DON'T miss the point. A HERETIC I AM Apr 2013 #65
As I said, the info is not that the plane will prohibit anyone from flying. Honeycombe8 Apr 2013 #69
This is not only going to effect the obese etherealtruth Apr 2013 #21
Muscle or fat is still mass eridani Apr 2013 #22
... or bone and connective tissue! etherealtruth Apr 2013 #24
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 remember flying one of those small planes to tour through the G. Canyon. napi21 Apr 2013 #53
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
Or muscular people, as muscle weighs more than fat treestar Apr 2013 #80
Why don't they charge tall people more? How about if they require that extra skinny people share liberal_at_heart Apr 2013 #23
Because height in and of itself doesn't burn additional fuel--weight does. MADem Apr 2013 #29
It most assuredly does. More height = more mass. eridani Apr 2013 #45
All that matters is how much you mass. friendly_iconoclast Apr 2013 #47
Nonsense. MADem Apr 2013 #49
So if you have two people of roughly the same build-- eridani Apr 2013 #55
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
Look at the info in the posting below: Sheldon Cooper Apr 2013 #34
It's just a profit thing. The airline already knows the avg total wt of its passengers Honeycombe8 Apr 2013 #66
For small planes, weight is a concern. Tracer Apr 2013 #32
Weight is a concern for all planes. Since when is it an airline's duty... Honeycombe8 Apr 2013 #67
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
As energy costs rise, this is necessary to offset the cost of fuel FarCenter Apr 2013 #36
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
That's standard for flying in airborne paper towel tubes eridani Apr 2013 #46
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
Too much enthusiasm for "battle" sometimes, I'm thinking. MADem Apr 2013 #75
We also go light with a small carryon only, so I know we would save money, too. we can do it Apr 2013 #76
Airplanes can only carry so much fuel and load, regardless. Hekate Apr 2013 #44
You'd probably see fewer people using the onboard restrooms if the "Samoan Solution" were commonly MADem Apr 2013 #50
First the glass greenhouse, now this. rrneck Apr 2013 #57
Living in Alaska we have to fly in those small planes to get to rural areas. bravenak Apr 2013 #77
They may lose revenue treestar Apr 2013 #79
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