"Ralph DuBose" wrote in message
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> "alohacyberian" wrote in message
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>> "windsor" wrote in message
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>> > I'll tell you what thin people want... I want to pay less for my ticket.
>> > I
>> > do not deserve to pay as much as a fatty because I don't weigh the plane
>> > down as much.
>> >
>> > Ticket prices need to be based on passenger weight.
>> >
>> Comon now! Is freight and cargo based on weight? KM
>
> I have air freighted some things from time to time. Charges are
> absolutely based on weight - to the pound. The amount of jet fuel
> needed is increased by every additional pound of weight. There are
> costs for volumn also.
> Keep in mind that items must be carefully weighed in order to get
> an appropriate weight balance on the plane.
> High volumn, high weight passengers definitely cost the airlines
> more to transport. If seats were big enough to accomodate all but the
> most extreme sizes, there would be a lot fewer of them in any given
> airplane and prices would naturally reflect that. Normal sized people
> would be in effect be forced to pay extra for a super-sized seat they
> did not need. Airlines would be hard pressed to stay in business
> because planes with all huge seats would never be especially full,
> even if every seat were occupied, because there would still be lots of
> empty space. Air travel is not economically viable unless utilization
> and efficiency are kept pretty high. If efficiency is too poor with
> too much wasted effort/empty flights prices go out the roof and
> ordinary people would staty home or take the bus.
> Nobody likes to be somewhat packed in the plane but that is the
> flip side of affordable tickets for the vast bulk of folks. If you
> want First Class sized seating you should pay for it yourself rather
> than try to coerce everybody else.
>
My point exactly. KM
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