Seems to me that the assumption by airlines that everyone is the same size and shape is a bit daft. I'd quite like a bit more logic to be applied to the process with adjustable width seating and for that matter adjustable leg room too. I did a flight to Cape Town a while back and had this enormous Afrikaans guy sit next to me. Not in any way fat, but his hands were like twice the size of mine and I'd guess he wasn't much short of 7 foot tall. Poor bugger spent the wolhe flight in real discomfort, because there simply wasn't sufficient distance between seats for him to fit his legs in.
My clothing and shoes cost the same as a lanky biffas. I get no short arse, small foot rebate, You take up the volume/carrying capacity, then you pay for it.
Will this be in actual kg or airline kg - I've never seen any direct correlation between the two.
Tall people however will get penalised
I'm hoping I'll get free extra leg room seats, they should really be my basic human right.
So we pay for our height so we get the extra legroom and the shorties get less legroom?
Once again I'm well in favour of this but the logistics of it just won't work will it?
I sat next to a very large American lady on my last flight over to the US. Huge, she was.
So, I put the privacy screen up, had another glass of chablis, then lay down for a snooze for a couple of hours. 😉
My clothing and shoes cost the same as a lanky biffas. I get no short arse, small foot rebate, You take up the volume/carrying capacity, then you pay for it.
I'm sorry - did you say something? All I can hear is a distant high-pitched whining somewhere near the floor.
So, I put the privacy screen up, had another glass of chablis, then lay down..
Chablis? Were you flying Economy? 😉
My clothing and shoes cost the same as a lanky biffas. I get no short arse, small foot rebate, You take up the volume/carrying capacity, then you pay for it.
You can already take more clothes on the plane than me.
Once again I'm well in favour of this but the logistics of it just won't work will it?
The one place you don't want fatties is an emergency exit row.
Theres plenty of weight to get rid of on planes - perfume trolleys, the bulbs in the no smoking signs, take out a few rows of seats and give everyone more space...
I'm 196 cm tall and weigh 100 kilos.
I used to work at the local airport loading luggage on planes and there was no one under 80 kilograms doing the job.
Seems all the lightweights can't move 30-kilo suitcases.
Weird the airlines would penalize someone like me when I buy a ticket, but they need big guys to load the damn plane.
A better suggestion would be discounted tickets for the skinny buggers. Everyone pays the same, but children and anorexics get a discount.
🙂 @ Graham.
It was the best choice to go with the prawns.
This is a brilliant idea, it should be adopted by all
Oh and Tall doesn't always mean heavy, I'm 1.9m and 71kg 😛
Oh and Tall doesn't always mean heavy, I'm 1.9m and 71kg
Doesn't class as tall where I'm from either. Short skinny bloke.
Tall people will weigh more than shorter people so how is being penalised for something out of your control fair?
How is this conclusion arrived at? I'm 6', weigh around 185lb/83kg, and there are plenty of people shorter than me who clearly weigh more than I do, including some I work with, and my next-door neighbours; so I should be charged more for my height? It's a weight issue, lack of leg room is purely airline greed trying to cram the maximum number of passengers into the minimum space available, irrespective of the comfort of the paying passengers, and possible health risks, like blood clots in legs, and thrombosis.
Weird the airlines would penalize someone like me when I buy a ticket, but they need big guys to load the damn plane.
Seems like you have not understood something.
The blokes loading the plane aren't getting on it and don't have to buy a ticket.
Why would what they weigh have anything to do with anything ?
If I have to pay in accordance with my size then [b]goddamnit I want leg room![/b]
^^ Well said. In fact [b]goddamnit I just want leg room!![/b] and those head rest side bolster things....yep the ones that dig into the back of my shoulder blades, I want them gone. I want freedom to shoot any small people in the emergency exit seats sat there swinging their legs cos their feet don't even touch the bloody ground. I want a toilet that I can either stand or sit in, the current choice of sat with my knees round my ears or stood in some bent double contorted shape trying to hit the target without getting my chin on the way past is not ok. Tray tables that will fold out to be flat and not on a major angle because however I sit my legs or knees stop it folding out properly would be appreciated too.
If that's all good then yeh no worries about paying for my weight due to height.
Count, it's been established that I didn't quite get the jist of the payment structure proposed, I tried to cover this by demanding more legroom.
I want more legroom damnit, I'm tall.
Looks like I was 16 years ahead of my time when I suggested this to a check-in desk operative when they tried to charge me for taking my bike on a flight to Austria back in 1997 while allowing a morbidly obese passenger on in front of me at no extra charge. Me plus bike and small ruck sack undoubtedly weighed less than her. Justice at last!
Whilst we're on the subject, how come children get cheaper seats?
I mean, that's just ageist. Everyone should pay the same. Discrimination!
My life's already difficult enough, you have no idea the costs and pain in buying size 49 shoes, and then they wear out quicker, same for clothes that actually allow for thighs and height, t-shirts all seem to be designed for effeminate fixie riders without shoulders or muscles. Even when I can find something in the shops for a size 50 chest, its seems to have been built for a short squat Danny Devito'esqe character.
If this becomes common practice it will be paid for from the lunch money of blooded nosed little people.
Could you claim a mid air discount for having a proper dump in flight?
Could you claim a mid air discount for having a proper dump in flight?
You can if you go outside to have it yes.
On a recent flight, the wife got into her seat to have the mother of all jabbas sit next to her. This sends my wife into a steaming frenzy, especially as she has to lift the arm rest to get her in and the woman needs the extra belt too. She explains to my wife, who now has paid for one seat and has only half of that, she is 'large boned'. The stewardesses disappear. The wife wanted to go mad. Although the chances of survival in a crash is very low, she also feels if in an emergency she had the escape, she wouldnt be able to get past fatty, as fatty was wedged in. So, yes, something good out of this. I am no flyweight, but can comfortably sit in a seat with plenty of space, as long as my legs are cut off.
the mother of all jabbas
Mrs Hutt?
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Being a clydesdale i think this is a brilliant idea.
Let's see, off to Morzine with a 100kg limit.
Oh damn, i will be forced to buy a Uber Bling, top end, ultra light, carbon/titanuim/unobtanium 160mm travel all mountain machine.
Silver linings !
How do you prebook a ticket? You must have to guess what your weight will be at the time of travel. That would make post Christmas flights expensive.
would this mean that airlines would market their flights to larger people? would the airlines move from London to Wales and the North East where they could charge more for tickets?
It's flipping my "offended" switch. But sod it- I weigh 60kg, why do I need to pay more for me + 30kg bag than 90kg man pays?
Whilst it seems fair, I am not a fan.
When my bike goes to Geneva, if my bike bag looks a bit weighty and my other bag equally full, I always have the option of wearing a few items of clothing as well as my usual wear.
What's wrong with wearing body armour and full face lid on a plane?
How long will we all be at the airport for? It's usually 90 minutes to 2 hours for flying Ryan and that's with cabin baggage only. can you imagine the queues at Heathrow on a Friday before Whitsun?
I can see regular business travelers losing their expense account lunches to keep their weight down. (An upside Post-It notes will get cheaper as business costs go down).
(An upside Post-It notes will get cheaper as business costs go down).
Well any measure that addresses the outrageous cost of Post-It notes has my backing 😕
i'm a massively tall 6'1", i already have to pay more to get enough* legroom.
it's about time the fatties felt my pain.
(*so i can actually fit in the seat)
Is that supposed to be 6'11" ? If not you're clearly doing it wrong 🙂
I can reach the overhead lockers fine thanks if I stand on the seat.
nope, not 11"
i've just got long legs innit blud.
They definitely need to combine public weighing with comedy klaxons if you're over the limit, just to add to the humiliation. I wonder if you're just over if you'll be allowed 5 minutes to go and try and empty your bladder/bowels.
Royal Mail / Couriers charge according to weight and size because that is what it costs to transport. This seems a fair enough idea, no point continuing to be polite about size on airlines when so many people are huge now, it costs more to move more. The alternative would be to charge everyone more on the assumption of a higher average weight, but higher fares for all would put off a lot more people.
Used to use the helicopter out to the Isles of Scilly quite a bit for work, if you only just fitted through half of the double door entrance they would weigh you with your luggage so that they could adjust their fuelling so that the chopper would make it there and back. This was great flying with the boss, I wouldn't get weighed with my bag of hardware and a sledge hammer, yet he and his umbrella would every time, guess this reassured his fear of flying that they were putting in enough extra fuel to account for him.
They definitely need to combine public weighing with comedy klaxons
Or maybe a tuba?
