Should fat people pay more?

[squirell nutkin]

People are essentially living cargo. It costs X to fly a plane from here to there. The costs of that flight have to be divided by the amount (volume, not quantity ) of cargo the plane can carry form here to there.

If cargo TYPE A takes up 4 units of space and cargo TYPE B takes up 8 units of space, then you can only carry half as much TYPE B cargo.

That being said, if you can manage to fit 8 units of cargo into a 4 unit space, then you should only have to pay for 4 units of space. But if you really take up 8 units of space, then you should pay for it.

[lumberjim]

i got yer unit right here

[Flint]

The primary characteristic differentiating the gentleman in the picture is that he is 2 heads TALLER than an average person. Should he pay more for being taller? If he were carrying an equivalent amount of weight on a smaller/shorter frame, would there even be a problem? This man's shoulders would not fit across the back of that seat if he were literally a skeleton. He's a giant.

[lumberjim]

he is clearly too tall for his hair, even.

[jinx]

He's 1 head taller - and who knows how much of that is just extra thick ass.

[glatt]

I think he's sitting on the arm rest. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the armrest by the aisle is usually fixed in place and won't fold up.

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by jinx

He's 1 head taller - and who knows how much of that is just extra thick ass.

i said I LOLLED.

[monster]

Originally Posted by glatt

Don't they already do that, and call it first class, and charge 5 times the coach rate?

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Like glatt said, they do that and they call it first class. The problem is your 4-to-5 switch doesn't really do much: an airline seat is maybe 18 inches across? So in a more spacious row of 4 seats, each seat is only getting an extra 4 inches. That's not gonna help Tubby McLardass a whole bunch. Same with the extra space in the front, it's only going to be a few inches.

First class generally has 3 rows 4 seats across, where in coach they could have fit 5 rows 6 across. So you've gone from 30 seats to 12, and not surprisingly, they charge somewhere between 2 and 3 times the price depending on the demand in that flight for the first class seats. Seems perfectly fair to me.

but unaffordable to many. I was trying for a compromise, a little more space for not quite so much more money.

An extra 4 inches in both directions would be a huge help for a lot of people who are not ginormous, but maybe 6'2" and built to match. It's nearly a 25% increase each way, ffs -nearly 50% increase in square inches. You wouldn't say no to that if it was a pay rise

[squirell nutkin]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

i got yer unit right here

I think your spell check misidentified eunuch as unit.

[monster]

Originally Posted by Madman

No. Fat people are still one (1) person. They purchase a ticket for one (1) person.

How very communist of you.

Reds under the beds!

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by glatt

I think he's sitting on the arm rest. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the armrest by the aisle is usually fixed in place and won't fold up.

I too was assuming he's sitting on the armrest and maybe something underneath him in the seat to get the rest of the ass to armrest level. Those outer armrests don't move.

[lumberjim]

so the next guy will be wondering why his left arm smells like ass. that's nice. good job fatty.

[monster]

no, he won't, he's flying delta. ass smell is expected. might even be in the terms and conditions.

[glatt]

Air New Zealand is at least trying. They just announced a couple new seat configurations. Couples fling coach can pay 25% more each to buy an unoccupied seat between them, and the row of seats fold into a bed. A bed for short people, but still, a bed.

The first picture shows models who appear to be a little short, and the second picture shows more normal sized people with their legs all folded up to fit in the bed.

[morethanpretty]

I bet that is really nice if you have kids.