Heavier Passengers 'Should Pay More' (and not michael o'leary btw!)

AEDIC

Vitali Klitchko... 6 foot 7 and weighs between 17.5 and 18 stone...where are you lot going to tell him to sit on your perfect human specimin planes.. ?

No doubt there would be a queue of people telling him to get off the plane cause he was too heavy.... erm... not.

Gosub

Sky having a slow news day then? :rolleyes:

omahaid

It'll never happen. Us tall strong muscular people run the world and won't let this stand. Ye frail featherlike nerdlings can complain all ye want, still bottom rung.

jackal

kjl wrote: »

OK lets be honest, it's never going to happen. There would be outrage if it did.

But consider this,

I am 6f5 and weigh about 205lb, I was born generically tall and as such I am not over weight, so why should I have to pay extra? In fact I already do because there is never enough leg room from me so I normally have to get the emergency exit seats.

You would not be paying "extra", you are paying for exactly the amount of weight that you bring on the plane, be it in baggage or as part of your person. You could always get a boat if you are so worried about legroom, colossus!

Miss Lockhart

Rochelle wrote: »

I shouldn't worry about that, lardarses are already making a show of themselves and for the most part don't seem to mind.

Well if you shouldn't, then don't. I can make up my own mind, thanks.

keithb93

How about an extra charge for obese people, some people are naturally build and heavier but not unhealthy, thus shouldn't pay more. This might motivate fatty's to lose some weight.

books4sale

Malari wrote: »

Whether I agree with it ethically is another thing! :pac:

What's unethical about?

It will force people to take account of their lifestyle and stop being a burden on the health system.

Its already a fact that obese people can't do certain things ...like ride a rollercoaster! ...would you be on that train?

COYVB

jackal wrote: »

You would not be paying "extra", you are paying for exactly the amount of weight that you bring on the plane, be it in baggage or as part of your person. You could always get a boat if you are so worried about legroom, colossus!

but we've established it costs 2.88l per hour of flight per 70kg of person, so if some big bugger of 140kg wanted to fly, based on weight, he'd have to pay about a fiver extra per hour of flight. It's not the huge sums the airlines want you to think when it comes to cost per weight of passenger - the vast majority of weight on any passenger plane is the fuel and the plane itself, costing approximately 4.5 times the amount of fuel 150 70kg passengers do. A fatty, or a dozen fatties, costs an airline a pittance in fuel, just like a heavy bag costs them practically nil to carry. It's a money making racket

end of the road

keithb93 wrote: »

How about an extra charge for obese people, This might motivate fatty's to lose some weight.

this delusianel comment always comes up in such discussions, and it fails all the time, because the mindset doesn't work like that, at least not in this country, the mindset is "the airline is trying to screw me so i'm not going to fly with them i'l find another one"

keithb93 wrote: »

some people are naturally build and heavier but not unhealthy, thus shouldn't pay more.

to find out for sure who fits into which catigorry would most likely mean medical checks for everyone before a flight, the cost of that means its not going to happen even though the passengers would be the ones paying for such checks. such a charge won't happen as they won't be allowed by the EU so nothing to worry about.

end of the road

books4sale wrote: »

It will force people to take account of their lifestyle and stop being a burden on the health system.

really? you sure about that one? i suppose in your own little world it might be the case but in truth life will just continue as normal for such people, they will either pay up or just stop using any airline who imposes such charge most likely but continue with their life styles

Beef_Injection

Naturally tall and healthy people should not be subject to such a charge if it were to somehow unbelievably pass.

As for you plump and big boned oompa loompas, take a hint and get the finger out. I'm not paying the same fare as you and having you spill over my chair like a second arm rest.

Hoop66

kjl wrote: »

I am 6f5 and weigh about 205lb, I was born generically tall

#Sorry John, Sorry,
Better try it again#

Malari

books4sale wrote: »

What's unethical about?

It will force people to take account of their lifestyle and stop being a burden on the health system.

Its already a fact that obese people can't do certain things ...like ride a rollercoaster! ...would you be on that train?

You don't see an ethical problem with this? Quite aside from the fact that tall, muscular people would also be hit with larger surcharges, and presumably you don't see them as being a "burden on the health system", should we penalise anyone with a medical problem whose treatments are paid for by the HSE just because they have the potential to change their lifestyle?

opinion guy

biko wrote: »

Just put the very slim next to the very fat.
Sorted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soPN80PaXsI

ejmaztec

15 minutes on the Ryanair Airport Liposuction Machine for 20 Euro, or 2 minutes on the Ryanair Airport Chainsaw for 3.50

opinion guy

ejmaztec wrote: »

15 minutes on the Ryanair Airport Liposuction Machine for 20 Euro, or 2 minutes on the Ryanair Airport Chainsaw for 3.50

....and preorder your Ryanair prosthetic limb for rental whilst on your holiday :pac:

ejmaztec

opinion guy wrote: »

....and preorder your Ryanair prosthetic limb for rental whilst on your holiday :pac:

One of the calendar girls revving up the chainsaw when one of the check in crew reads out the excess gut options to a trembling fat bloke.

Boombastic

I'm lighter than the average person, do I get it cheaper?

Solair

I think we can safely say this wont be happening.

Someone just wanted to maximise their publicity.

(Yawn)

Cienciano

books4sale wrote: »

What's unethical about?

It will force people to take account of their lifestyle and stop being a burden on the health system.

No it wouldn't. It will force heavy people to pay more. That's it.

But as mentioned about 20 times already, it's not going to happen.

SB2013

smash wrote: »

Sizeism? Seriously, is this a thing now?

If I have to pay extra for my slightly overweight suitcase, then they can pay extra for their seriously overweight bodies.

Seems reasonable until you consider the difference between a 5 foot woman and a six foot two man, both of whom are at their ideal BMI.

Ilik Urgee

Boombastic wrote: »

I'm lighter than the average person, do I get it cheaper?

Overhead Luggage to be known as Underweight Passengers is another proposal being put forward.

Sowee:D

Oranage2

How is this fair?

I'm 6'0 and 90kg, so I should be discriminated against all because I like cake?

tin79

Hey Bhatta Bhatta Swing Bhatta!

Never gonna happen.

phasers

I can just picture the queues full of crying women having to step up onto the scales in front of an entire airport...

Any airline who would dare implement this is crazy imo.

frank reynolds

might encourage a few people to put the fork down if it was implemented

ejmaztec

frank reynolds wrote: »

might encourage a few people to put the fork down if it was implemented

They'd probably be expecting three helpings of everything on the plane.

COYVB

frank reynolds wrote: »

might encourage a few people to put the fork down if it was implemented

Would it encourage tall people to chop half their legs off?

nocoverart

If this was ever brought in I think it would be very insensitive towards the morbidly obese. I don't think they would travel out of sheer embarrassment..... OH WAIT!

ejmaztec

One of them might fit in this at a squeeze.