Should airlines charge more for overweight passengers?

[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.