Originally Posted by
Dashdog
This is either the most idiotic discussion I've seen on APC ( and that's saying something), or you're all in on a lame April Fools joke. Besides the inherent unfairness of such a policy (one small example: women will pay less to fly than men on average), the logistics of such a system are absurd. Forget online check-in; go to the airport several hours in advance, get on a scale, then pay your fare.
People are not the same as cargo. Their weight has virtually nothing to do with how much it costs to move them in an airplane.
Let's all just forget the whole supply and demand system that actually determines airfares. Why would we want to use that when we can just hope that a lot of fat people fly?
Who comes up with this stuff?
Check the date buddy. Not an April fool's joke.
Imagine that hey? People actually have to take responsibility for themselves and pay for what they weigh!
JAL a while back, was asking their passengers to pee before every flight because of the fuel savings in having one less pound of fluids inside each passenger. You cannot convince me hauling a busload of heavy passengers is no more expensive then a bunch of light ones.