Should airlines charge more for overweight passengers?

[Deleted member 9966]

Yes, and can I have a price reduction as a long legged (32"inside leg) person who never has enough leg room?? Pfffff.....

pah G. 32" isn't long. you should try have 33.5" inside leg :yesnod:

 

[Colour Republic]

probably. but it's also about looking good. you don't want to be served your inflight meal by somebody you don't want to look at or ogle.

Clearly you have not flown with the same airlines as I have uke:

I believe Monarch was the worse, The air was so thick with rancid perfume I considered smashing the window regardless of the consequences

 

[aph257]

has anyone sat next to an overwieght person, well i had to, (only briefly though). the person was that fat she took half my seat as well. i complained and got upgraded to business class as there wasn't any standard seats left.:hurray::lol::lol:

 

[Deleted member 9966]

Clearly you have not flown with the same airlines as I have uke:

I believe Monarch was the worse, The air was so thick with rancid perfume I considered smashing the window regardless of the consequences

beauty is in the eye of the beholder Rob :lol:

 

[user123]

pah G. 32" isn't long. you should try have 33.5" inside leg :yesnod:

So are you comfortable in a plane then, Liz? Or do you dread the seat in front of you squashing your kneecaps?

 

[Deleted member 9966]

So are you comfortable in a plane then, Liz? Or do you dread the seat in front of you squashing your kneecaps?

it's been a long time since I had to fly G, but if I can't have a front row seat, I tend to ask for a seat next to the emergency exits on the wings or an aisle seat. stick me in the middle of a row and I'll be up and walking around because I can't stay sat in the same position for that long.

if I booked a seat with more leg room, then I would expect to pay for it. surely, it works the same way for larger people?

 

[user123]

Yes, I choose the emergency exit seats, too when available, but why should we have to pay extra for decent leg room just because we have long legs???? We are just normal people, ...well in that particular respect anyhow..:lol:

 

[Mouldy]

So are we not in buisness to make money? I know I am!

Running an aircraft is expensive weather we like it or not. The cost of fuel, (as we all know), is ever increasing. So is the cost of insurance; the cost of living, (and therfore the cost of wages/salaries); H&E legislation, (which cost's money to implement). Reduce the cost of seating and the ticket costs will increase.

We are hit with taxes becasue we are told that aircraft are destroying the planet. I personally think this is BS and that aircraft are actually quite a good way to move people around. You can move a large quantity of people with relative ease and speed compared to something like a bus or a car, unless of course you reduce the amount of seating making them less efficient.

Being charged for overwieght luggage is fair. Your told quite clearly what your allowance is before you get to the airport, so if your over you should be charged. 'Cheap' airlines are not that cheap when you take into consideration the baggage allowance's. eg the only time I have ever gone on a cheap airline the allowance was for hand luggage only. You paid extra to put luggage in the hold.

Call me a bigot if you like but this is my opinion, some of which is fact. :smiley2:

 

[aph257]

also what miffs me i weigh 13 stone (average male) and i had a extra 7lbs in luggage total (29 lbs) i got charged £20. the obese person weighing approx 20 stone who actually has 28 times more extra weight than i do pays nothing.

 

[user123]

Ehm, Mouldy, the question was not about luggage, but about people.....?

 

[Mouldy]

Yup, I know.....but thanks for pointing that out! Was responding to the point of luggage that has been raised.

The point about overweight people was answered in my first post.

Luggage can be moved around a plane to get the CofG with in the allowed paramaters. Get on a plane with a load of fatties and I for one would be getting off. Pilots are talented people but they can't change the laws of physics!

 

[tfs]

I reckon there should be a combined passenger/ luggage wieght if they are gonna go down that route, and it should be put down as an additional luggae charge. I think this would be fair.

You pay full price for a 3 year old to fly so whether you weigh like 3 stone or 18 stone they charge full wack. Yet luggae allowance currently remains the same

 

[tfs]

This may even encourage over weight adults to keep there children in good shape to beneift from some of the kids combined weight allowance.:lol:

 

[Daz]

I've only skimmed this thread so apologies if I've missed the point.

My opinion is quite straight forward and blunt. If someone is too wide for one seat or is likely to make life very uncomfortable for the person next to them, then they should have to purchase 2 seats. Weight is very personal and subjective and I think the airlines would eventually run in to human rights issues if they pursued that line so physical size should be the determining factor IMO. Perhaps they should introduce a seat next to the check in desk (just like they have the frame for hand luggage) :lol:

 

[mikethetile]

this is nothing to do with weight or centre of gravity, you would have to weigh a considerable amount to affect a planes balance. if that was the case they wouldnt be allowed to walk up the aisle when the plane was in the air

its simply the logistics of fitting them in to such small seats, fact is if you are over a certain size you will have to fly on aircraft with bigger seats which is going to cost more

 

[Pebbs]

Does it mean that I can have a reduction then, if seated next to screaming kids kicking the back of the seat...lets not even go there.

 

[mikethetile]

Does it mean that I can have a reduction then, if seated next to screaming kids kicking the back of the seat...lets not even go there.

I dont put up with it Lynn
, they are so afronted at being told to keep their brats under control that they spend the rest of the journey complaining that they have never met someone so rude LOL

 

[tfs]

still an easier way to tax individuals without going down the obvious discrimination (over weight) route I think.

 

[suave]

wrong wrong wrong

 

[Andy Allen]

so where dose it all end? no fat people in the cinema on a bus a train, or maybe no fat taxi drivers incase the car leans to much to one side.

fact is were all different, some people are skiny, some stocky, some over weight, some obese.

fact is theres a big difference between being 3/4 stone over weight to being 10/12 stone over weight.

 

[doug boardley]

will they give skinny people discounts???

 

[SandyFloor]

I might have the details a bit wrong but I remember something about the Welsh rugby team and by using recognised techniques used by the medical fraternity all but two of them were clinically obese ....obviously they weren't. My point is you can be healthy,fit but very heavy.

 

[tfs]

Many airline seat sizes are shockingly small to be honest. Last time I was on a plane I had my misses on one side and an elderly gent on the otherside and I felt very uncomfortable and cramped throughout the journey. So its no wonder that heavier people are being targeted when its already difficult for the best of use to fly in comfort.

If they want to charge more perhaps they should increase the size of there seats?

I do however feel that asking some people to pay for two seats (If they are going to be taking up part of someone else purchased space) may be reasonable in some cases.

You dont get discounts for being disabled or for being a child (like many other transport providers do)

Perhaps airlines are gaining too much power/ decision making and need more regulation? (just like the banks were for a while)


Maybe graded seats could be a solution? pay for economy/ luxury seats on all airlines
Deffo a touchy subject, each of have our own opinions.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

profiteering by the airlines' IMO, where do they'stop!!tall peep/short peep's/baby's young family's ,smoker's peep's with HIV. the list can go on!! it's just wrong if we let them get-away with it!!!we all know the truth

 

[Andy Allen]

I might have the details a bit wrong but I remember something about the Welsh rugby team and by using recognised techniques used by the medical fraternity all but two of them were clinically obese ....obviously they weren't. My point is you can be healthy,fit but very heavy.

your spot on there sandy, a pro body builder could be 3/4 stone over wieght yet have less body fat than a marathon runner.