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Airlines work out an average weight, per person, which must be calculated into their flight plan because it effects airspeed, climbing and descent and travel time. The overall weight of a plane effects how much jet fuel it uses per minute (measured in lbs, not gallons, a 150 seater plane uses around 600 lbs per minute, in case anyone is wondering...a flight from JFK to LAX uses about 40 000lbs of jet fuel). And all this during a fuel crisis...haha.
Why don't you get a discount due to morbidly obese people as you call them?
Well lets say you choose to to bring the maximum allow to checked large suitcases (weighing the max of 50 lbs each, so you don't get charged extra for them), as well as the maximum of 2 carry on items, we'll say weighing 30 lbs each, plus your own body weight which we will use 180 ilbs for this. That equals 340lbs, not fat, but pretty fucking hefty.
Now lets say some fatass is a computer programmer who weighs 320, as has 1 carry on bag, weighing 20 lbs, cause he's only going on a business trip for a day to fix some network, and then flying back.
In this case, you guys both "weigh" the same.
My point is, airports are already tied up with terrorism bullshit, long waiting lines, annoyed customers, and delayed planes etc etc. As of now, this isn't as big a problem as you may deem it to be. The last time you rode a plane, how many MORBIDLY OBESE people were actually ON the plane?? Seriously? How many did you count?? 2?
Maybe 3?
So sit down, watch your movie, eat your peanuts, and appreiciate the fact that your travelling across country in a few hours, while people in India still walk two days to go to the doctor.