Ticket price based on pax weight?
03-29-2013, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Airhoss
Okay,
So how about a guy like me who is 6'4" weighs 253 Lbs and has a body fat of less than 15%? I know lots of 180 lbers who are FAT short guys. Do I get penalized since I don't fit into the bell curve of "normal" weight or height. So the average Asian pays less but the average Norseman pays more?
Body weight does not always correlate to high body fat.
So how about a guy like me who is 6'4" weighs 253 Lbs and has a body fat of less than 15%? I know lots of 180 lbers who are FAT short guys. Do I get penalized since I don't fit into the bell curve of "normal" weight or height. So the average Asian pays less but the average Norseman pays more?
Body weight does not always correlate to high body fat.
03-29-2013, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by RhinoPherret
The more you weigh, the more you pay, regardless of body proportions.
This is fair and equitable. A pound is a pound. What is unfair is charging a small person the same as a large one, as the small person winds up paying more per pound than the large person.
It has nothing whatsoever to do with "discrimination", unless it be discrimination against smaller people.
This is already a matter of common practice, as a small person spends less on food than someone who is much bigger (regardless of body fat percentages).
03-29-2013, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by UnderOveur
This is already a matter of common practice, as a small person spends less on food than someone who is much bigger (regardless of body fat percentages).
03-29-2013, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by rotorhead1026
We'd have to use actual passenger (and perhaps baggage) weights, which would lead to some very unpleasant surprises when the W&B numbers get crunched. It ain't gonna happen.
03-29-2013, 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Airhoss
Not true some of the biggest eaters I know are skinny little guys.
That may be true (I've seen it myself), but "some" is the operative word there. Meanwhile, MOST large folks will eat more than small(er) people. Put another way, on average most large(r) folk's food bill is greater than small(er) folk's bill.
Compare, for example, a little old lady vs. a NFL lineman (to use an example of realistic extremes).
A pound is a pound. Tickets prices should be based upon weight. You all know this to be true, fair, and equitable. Weight, and it's costs, bear a massive penalty in aviation. Charging larger people more per ticket would not be discrimination, it would be reality as imposed by the laws of physics.
03-30-2013, 07:24 AM
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Weight, and it's costs, bear a massive penalty in aviation. Charging larger people more per ticket would not be discrimination, it would be reality as imposed by the laws of physics.
03-30-2013, 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Airhoss
Alright but here's the deal. They should put up a WAW (world aviation wrestling) wrestling cage in the terminal, winner gets the cheaper fare looser stays on the ground. That would be fair I think. And winners get to wear speedo style wrastlin tights in flight.
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