On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:08:54 -0500, pbj
wrote:
>On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:46:42 -0500, krw wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:55:26 -0500, pbj
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:33:16 -0500, krw wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 17:26:33 -0500, John Mayson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sun, 28 Jun 2009, pbj wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:47 +0000, Vic wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Scott Cluthe, 57, who works in the radio industry in Houston,
>>>>>>> Texas, a city known for its obesity epidemic, said average-sized
>>>>>>> passengers should not have to incur the higher fuel cost caused by
>>>>>>> the airline's heavier customers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then it follows that smaller-than-average passengers should pay less
>>>>>> than average-sized passengers because they use less fuel. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>What about people like me who are rail thin, but weigh over 200 pounds
>>>>>because I'm six-and-a-half feet tall? Fat people can help being fat,
>>>>>I can't prevent myself from being tall.
>>>
>>>Sure you can help it. Humans are taller today because of our modern
>>>diet. If you'd eaten like our ancestors did instead of being a pig,
>>>you'd be shorter and weigh less. Stop trying to make others pay for your
>>>choices.
>>>
>>>> If the issue is really fuel, then buck it up and pay. If the issue is
>>>> control (it is) then make your excuses to the control freaks.
>>>
>>>The way I look at this is that yes it's inconvenient to occasionally get
>>>stuck next to a "wide-body" passenger. However, their size is why seats
>>>are still as wide as they are. Take them out of the equation and seats
>>>can be made narrower. Then we can all be just as miserable with someone
>>>of average width sitting next to us as we are now sitting next to a
>>>350-pounder.
>>
>> Then what about "tall"?
>
>It's because of all those tall people that airplane cabins have to be so
>high. If not for them the cabin could be lower and the plane would
>weigh less and use less fuel. Why should those of us of normal height
>have to subsidize tall people?
Tall = more leg room => legs in "your space". I know it's hard for
you, but think. |