Chrissy Cruiser wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 10:59:07 +0100, Tom Peel wrote:
>> Planes are normally fueled up to fly just as far as the predicted flight
>> time plus a safety margin. Having overweight passengers will eat into
>> this margin, maybe just by a few percent, but they also eat into other
>> safety margins like takeoff and landing speeds by a few percent too.
>
> I can see the latter but as to fuel, why not assume that everyone is 300
> pounds to begin with or maybe they do.
Fuel is heavy too (hence fuel consumption is highest at the beginning of a
flight when there is more fuel to tote around). Carrying more fuel than
required by safety regulations costs money.
miguel
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