Should fat people pay more?

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by Madman

They already have us squeezed in like sardines.

They are more than capable of ordering planes from Boeing with fewer and larger seats installed. But then, the tickets would cost more, and we'd all just be subsidizing the people who would have needed two seats. Buy one (1) first-class ticket if you're that big.

Originally Posted by Madman

The only smart one out there that I know of is Southwest Airlines.

They run their business well, to be sure. But you'd better believe their coach seats are just as small as the rest.

[Madman]

Originally Posted by glatt

Only the tall and fat people are squeezed in like sardines. Short skinny people have plenty of room. It's simple geometry.

Braggart.

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

They are more than capable of ordering planes from Boeing with fewer and larger seats installed. But then, the tickets would cost more, and we'd all just be subsidizing the people who would have needed two seats. Buy one (1) first-class ticket if you're that big.

They run their business well, to be sure. But you'd better believe their coach seats are just as small as the rest.

First class is expensive. I flew my mother first class about three years ago to visit her grand daughter. I paid just over $900 for first class in a 3-hour flight. It would've cost $300 for coach. And they still only gave her a bag of peanuts and a soda - just like coach. All she got was a bigger seat for $600 more bucks.

[monster]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

They are more than capable of ordering planes from Boeing with fewer and larger seats installed. But then, the tickets would cost more, and we'd all just be subsidizing the people who would have needed two seats. Buy one (1) first-class ticket if you're that big.

Why can't they build planes with a couple of rows of "husky" seats -4 seats in place of 5, 4 rows instead of 5 -16 seats instead of 25, travellers pay$480 instead of $300, travellers who can't fit in a regular seat must pay for one of these.

Same as clothes. You need bigger clothes, it uses more cloth, costs more money. No amount of fairness is going to squeeze Big Brenda into a size 2.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by monster

Why can't they build planes with a couple of rows of "husky" seats -4 seats in place of 5, 4 rows instead of 5 -16 seats instead of 25, travellers pay$480 instead of $300, travellers who can't fit in a regular seat must pay for one of these.

Don't they already do that, and call it first class, and charge 5 times the coach rate?