On 22/05/08 16:45, in article fCfZj.2$Ri.0@flpi146.ffdc.sbc.com, "SMS"
wrote:
> I think that passengers over a certain width should be charged a
> surcharge, i.e. 100%, and be given a second seat. `
This is for the obese, no problem.
But---
The problem over the years is that normal people have a problem, and there
is the continual problem of sharing an arm rest with a stranger. Also a
normal 170 pound male will have a shoulder problem with another.
My wife really objects at always (she feels) getting a middle
seat in a three seat configuration.
> This would help other
> passengers too. But charging by weight isn't a bad idea either,
The problem is making the check procedure in procedure lengthy.
They have introduced electonic tickets to cut costs on check
in. The charging for a bag will be done how?
In a recent trip from Paris the US and back from Miami, I
found check in with American easy in Paris but incredibly
slow in Miami when actually few people were checking in
in Miami. It was slow slow slow. Charging for this and that
and billing it will be a problem in the US.
> I remember when MIA used to have pay toilets.
I have never encountered it. Who is MIA?
> What American is doing with charging for a first piece of checked
> luggage, while at the same time scrapping 75 planes, and laying off
> thousands of employees, makes it pretty clear that they realize that
> leisure travelers are simply not going to be willing to pay the fares it
> takes to be profitable. Airline travel will slowly become more for the
> wealthy. However unlike in other countries, there isn't much of a train
> network to replace the airlines.
Basically, I rarely travel in the US anymore. for years we met our
daughter in the Caribbean with her flying form the US and we from
France. We always fly schedules and Air France provided good service
to the French Caribbean islands, and local airlines can hook you up
to other places. My view is that currently only flights in the
US are really unpleasant. And now they will get no better.
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