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Glowing · 09-06-2008 4:52pm #1

Okay - this site is a joke, but I've always wondered what would happen if an airline started charging by the lb! The more you weigh, the more you'd pay!

Would you fly?

http://flyderrie-air.com/#mission

Keano · 09-06-2008 4:54pm

I would.

Rb · 09-06-2008 5:01pm

Ryanair charge €15 per kilo of overweight baggage, I can't see any harm in charging more for overweight passengers.

dade · 09-06-2008 5:03pm

wish they would, i remember some fat swine beside me fly to texas. fecker should have been charged for 3 seats.

Keano · 09-06-2008 5:05pm

Rb wrote: »

Ryanair charge €15 per kilo of overweight baggage, I can't see any harm in charging more for overweight passengers.

I wouldn't be shocked if O'Leary had thought about it.

RedXIV · 09-06-2008 5:09pm

I'm a big bugger so no. I'm happy with standard prices

Wibbs · 09-06-2008 5:13pm

Seems sensible. I got charged for being 2 kilos overweight in baggage just recently(fair enough) and the woman behind me didn't and she weighed damn near twice me by the look of her. We're not talking curvy here, she was medically obese. Mid 20 stone kinda thing.

While it does smack of sizeism and I'm not comfortable with isms I wouldn't get my knickers in a bunch if there was a choice at least. Weigh people and their luggage to take away any embarrassment.

As it is AFAIK very fat people aren't allowed sit beside emergency exits as they would be a danger in the event of an evacuation. Very weak people the same as they would not be able to open the door. We're all "discriminated" against to one degree or ether one way or another.

09-06-2008 5:17pm

In the days of the wild west, when waggon trains were shipping the first settlers west.
There was a hard and fast rule that if your arse was wider than a certain measurement, you didn't get to sit in the waggon!

Heisenberg. · 09-06-2008 5:39pm

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kenmc · 09-06-2008 7:31pm

If they choose not to discriminate against overweight people, then thin people should be allowed bring more luggage

Sherifu · 09-06-2008 7:38pm

I think we need a brainiac Fat vs Thin.

Marcus.Aurelius · 09-06-2008 9:01pm

Sherifu wrote: »

I think we need a brainiac Fat vs Thin.

+1

Fascists!

mawk · 10-06-2008 2:48am

makes sense to charge fatties more in a perfectly logical world. it takes more fuel to get them from A to B. thats why there are no chubby astronauts or F1 drivers. weight makes a difference.

but if i was told to pay a surcharge id be píssed. im about 80kg which id imagine puts me heavier than average

10-06-2008 2:51am

mawk wrote: »

thats why there are no chubby astronauts or F1 drivers. weight makes a difference.

Just have a mental image of a 150Kg jockey trying to win the grand national...

Rb · 10-06-2008 4:49am

mawk wrote: »

makes sense to charge fatties more in a perfectly logical world. it takes more fuel to get them from A to B. thats why there are no chubby astronauts or F1 drivers. weight makes a difference.

but if i was told to pay a surcharge id be píssed. im about 80kg which id imagine puts me heavier than average

Would you prefer to pay a surcharge, or have your baggage weight allowance reduced?

I think the idea of allowing a certain weight for the total of baggage and passenger is a good idea, and would balance things quite well without being offensive.

However, would that mean that people would be bringing their anorexic friends/relatives over to the states with them to do the Christmas shopping?!

Black Swan · 10-06-2008 5:53am

Cheap flight! Got my vote. (I'm just over 8 stone)

Steve_o · 10-06-2008 8:27am

heheh:D Good thread!

If it were a tenner a stone to fly, it'd be a good incentive to lose weight for a holiday!!!

Glowing · 10-06-2008 9:35am

Haha!

*Jacinta!! We're not going to bleedin lanzaroteee until you stop eatin' those bleedin crisps!!!'

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