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Fat People Score a WIN.... (pg. 3)
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moral Hazard
Having flown a red-eye from Vegas to Toronto with an incredibly large and sweaty woman spilling over the armrest and on to me I fully agree that anyone that cannot fit their entire girth between the armrests of a seat should have to take two seats; however, they should have to do so at their own cost... why does everyone else need to subsidize their fat ass? TAKE THE TRAIN FATTY! |
Come on now....there would be no increase in cost to other passengers. You are looking at maybe one out of every thousand or so flights...and this is for flights within Canada only. If the airlines said the extra cost would be added to all tickets then yes I agree.
How about just make the seats bigger or have a few extra large seats for the larger passengers.
edit: you of all people should have some sympathy |
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| Moral Hazard |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
Come on now....there would be no increase in cost to other passengers. You are looking at maybe one out of every thousand or so flights...and this is for flights within Canada only. If the airlines said the extra cost would be added to all tickets then yes I agree.
How about just make the seats bigger or have a few extra large seats for the larger passengers.
edit: you of all people should have some sympathy |
Of course there would be an increase in costs to other passengers. Unlike the two seat travelers the air lines are not going to simply eat this. Think about it... one of the major costs to air lines is fuel. The amount of weight in a plane impacts how much fuel is required to fly it a given distance. If you have a passenger who ways twice as much as the average passenger then that person requires twice as much fuel to get to the destination then does the average passenger. So, just by being fat the fat passenger hurts the airline's bottom line. Now add to this that fatty gets to take up two seats (one for free) thereby lowering the amount of paying passengers the airline get revenue from and you've now hurt the revenue line as well as the expenses... this means decreased profits for the airlines... since airlines run on exceedingly tight profit margins they cannot absorb this hit; rather, they will adjust their prices so that the loss in revenues and increase in expenses they suffer because of this ruling will be covered by those increased prices. Sure... they won't make an announcement at the gate that everyone has to cough up an extra $7 dollars because a passenger just got brought through security by a forklift but they will raise the prices across the board.
edit... yeah, I was fat; however, I never required two in' seats on an airplane... and if I did I wouldn't have thought that everyone else should pay extra because I can't shoehorn into a seat. |
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| Sunsnail |
| Doubt it'll increase cost. Most flights aren't full. |
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| nchs09 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moral Hazard
Sure... they won't make an announcement at the gate that everyone has to cough up an extra $7 dollars because a passenger just got brought through security by a forklift but they will raise the prices across the board.
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Would be nice, that way everyone would give them the stink eye. |
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| Meat187 |
| Still, I have to pay extra if my luggage is a few kilos too heavy, yet they get a free seat if their ass is 40 kilos too heavy. :disbelief |
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| denys envy |
| quote: | Originally posted by ********
That is preposterous.
Perhaps I deserve to have a whole plane cause I'm a flight risk?
If you are too fat to fit in the doors you shouldn't be on the plane.
The seats are made for one people, it simply isn't safe for people to not fit in the seat.. what happens during a crash? Can the safety devices deploy? |
perhaps you need a whole plane for that wild hair.
ohhhhyousawthatcoming! |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moral Hazard
Of course there would be an increase in costs to other passengers. Unlike the two seat travelers the air lines are not going to simply eat this. Think about it... one of the major costs to air lines is fuel. The amount of weight in a plane impacts how much fuel is required to fly it a given distance. If you have a passenger who ways twice as much as the average passenger then that person requires twice as much fuel to get to the destination then does the average passenger. So, just by being fat the fat passenger hurts the airline's bottom line. Now add to this that fatty gets to take up two seats (one for free) thereby lowering the amount of paying passengers the airline get revenue from and you've now hurt the revenue line as well as the expenses... this means decreased profits for the airlines... since airlines run on exceedingly tight profit margins they cannot absorb this hit; rather, they will adjust their prices so that the loss in revenues and increase in expenses they suffer because of this ruling will be covered by those increased prices. Sure... they won't make an announcement at the gate that everyone has to cough up an extra $7 dollars because a passenger just got brought through security by a forklift but they will raise the prices across the board.
edit... yeah, I was fat; however, I never required two in' seats on an airplane... and if I did I wouldn't have thought that everyone else should pay extra because I can't shoehorn into a seat. |
then why don't we just pay per pound for our airline tickets...when they put your luggage on the scale you just hop on as well. |
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| Moral Hazard |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
then why don't we just pay per pound for our airline tickets...when they put your luggage on the scale you just hop on as well. |
I'm not entirely opposed to that; however, it should really be based on weight and size... like cargo is because weight influences fuel costs ans size/volume influences how many passengers they can fit in the plane (thus revenue). |
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| bas |
| quote: | Originally posted by Acton
Yeah but they have to sit with the armrest rammed up their rectums.
That's the real price they pay. |
The armrests can move :mad: |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| Only in Canada. |
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| Ygrene |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Only in Canada. |
Seriously. Aren't all the fatties in America anyways? |
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| spanglo |
| I bet they feel entitled two meals as well... |
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