Americans will call this a hate crime.
Excuse me sir but you’re above the weight limit … you may either pay an adjusted fee … or we amputate two limbs
American rubbing his chin: …mmmmmm … I don’t know … hmmmm?
How much extra do they charge for the amputations?
Free and instant weight loss, can’t complain.
What, a FREE AMPUTATION!?!? That’d be seven digits normally!
six digits if you have shitty health insurance … five digits if we get a really good vet … four digits if we do it right here
The article says it’s voluntary
It’s tricky, right? It’s hard as hell not to eat when you’re hungry, but if you’re objectively bigger and harder to move it’s a lot to ask of everyone else to pay the difference.
I don’t really buy that it’s hate just to point out that a bariatric person is different, and in a usually-bad way. On the other hand, there’s a ~100% chance some of the people that used to be on r/fatpeoplehate are now very fat.
Unless the plane has <30 seats I’m taking being weighed as I board as a huge red flag.
Airplane fuel efficiency is impacted by how much weight is onboard, and that includes fuel weight.
The more they know about the actual weight of each trip, the more fuel efficient they can make each trip.
HOWEVER, even though this is well intentioned, it’s not hard to see American carriers would love this be standardized. They would definitely leverage it to further increase their revenues. Which they will then reinvest in…checks notes…stock buybacks.
The more they know about the actual weight of each trip, the more fuel efficient they can make each trip.
This is very unconvincing from people who also did this.
This a smaller regional carrier based out of Finland, not a massive global carrier.
I think OP might have been saying if there’s more than 30 people it should all average out anyway.
- shiveyarbles ( @shiveyarbles@beehaw.org ) 7•9 months ago
No fatties!
If this was a progressive weight charge, I’d be all for it. For example if you are 2x the mean weight for an adult, then you pay 4x the cost, whereas if you are 2 standard deviations lighter you’d only pay 1/4th the cost I’d be all for it. But that isn’t what they are planning on doing with this. It’s just a way to charge more for worse service.
The majority of costs to the airline are in taxes, airport fees, and lease costs of the plane. I think you’ll be surprised to find out that fuel consumption is a very minor part of the ticket cost. You must also consider that the increased fuel consumption of +50kg of extra cargo to a system that is 100+ tons to begin with is going to be a bit negligible.
Sure you could have a progressive weight charge. But it’s gonna be more like $1 for someone who is twice your weight. Not twice the ticket price.
Coming soon to Spirit/Frontier flights near you.