Airline "Fat Tax"...thoughts?

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  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    My assistant manager likes to stare at my ass

    I'm not sure if that's a good thing. :lol:

    is he hot?

    It's a she ;)
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    Dissidentman wrote:
    81 wrote:
    RKCNDY wrote:
    . I'm sure there are lots of people on here that would be glad to measure bums.

    :think:

    only if i get frist crack at selecting which ones i'm going to measure...i don't wanna be the last person in the measuring line.


    hahaha...you want a crack at bums.

    and at first I read 'fist crack'...
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  • Dissidentman
    Dissidentman Posts: 15,378
    RKCNDY wrote:
    Dissidentman wrote:
    81 wrote:

    :think:

    only if i get frist crack at selecting which ones i'm going to measure...i don't wanna be the last person in the measuring line.


    hahaha...you want a crack at bums.

    and at first I read 'fist crack'...


    Hey, whatever you are into is your own business...
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    Dissidentman wrote:


    Hey, whatever you are into is your own business...

    I was talking about 81...
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  • kw18
    kw18 Posts: 3,909
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    My assistant manager likes to stare at my ass

    I'm not sure if that's a good thing. :lol:

    is he hot?

    It's a she ;)

    Sounds like you may due for a raise. :corn:
    "Where's KW?"
    "Let's check Idaho."
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    kw18 wrote:
    Sounds like you may due for a raise. :corn:

    Do I pull the HR card?

    Do I?

    :corn:

    :lol:
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    kw18 wrote:

    Sounds like you may due for a raise. :corn:

    I think it's already happened...
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    RKCNDY wrote:
    kw18 wrote:

    Sounds like you may due for a raise. :corn:

    I think it's already happened...


    :lol:
  • Dissidentman
    Dissidentman Posts: 15,378
    RKCNDY wrote:
    kw18 wrote:

    Sounds like you may due for a raise. :corn:

    I think it's already happened...

    :shock:
  • CAVSTARR313
    CAVSTARR313 Posts: 8,756
    RKCNDY wrote:
    So the person who works out and has like 5% body fat, and can fit just fine in the seat should pay more?

    People who lift weights/workout tend to have lower body fat percentages-muscle weighs more than fat-so essentially, it is possible that some people who are fit, would end up paying a 'fat tax' since they would weigh more than a person of the same height...their BMI would say they are overweight' but in truth, they are not overweight.

    I think if you can't fit your ass into the 17" wide seat, then pay up. I'm sure there are lots of people on here that would be glad to measure bums.

    What I am saying is it could be treated like shipping a package. they weigh the package, they give you a price to send it to its destination baised on the wieght. Treat humans and there baggage just like that. some will pay more, some will pay less. It would be fair.
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  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    Caveeze wrote:

    What I am saying is it could be treated like shipping a package. they weigh the package, they give you a price to send it to its destination baised on the wieght. Treat humans and there baggage just like that. some will pay more, some will pay less. It would be fair.

    i realize that's the idea, but I think they are trying to encourage people to be more fit, since people seem to be ezpanding.

    All I'm saying is that a person who is 5'8" and 200 lbs would pay the same amount as a body builder who is 5'5" and weighs the same amount, except one is spilling over into the other seats and crowding out their seatmates. I don't think that is all that fair. It's called 'fat tax' not 'weight tax'.

    But if airlines treated humans like packages...then would they offer 'free shipping' deals?
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    - Christopher McCandless
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    RKCNDY wrote:
    would they offer 'free shipping' deals?

    airlines...free :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
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  • kw18
    kw18 Posts: 3,909
    RKCNDY wrote:
    But if airlines treated humans like packages...then would they offer 'free shipping' deals?

    I think you just stumbled onto a brilliant idea, there ... :think:
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    "Let's check Idaho."
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,777
    Get_Right wrote:
    Negative.
    What about a 6'3" guy that weighs 240 and is physically fit?
    Do you really want airline staff making subjective decisions about your plane fare?
    Good point. I know a guy who is 6'10" and weight 350 pounds, and probably has 7% body fat. I think it's fair to make very large people pay for an extra seat if they really are big enough to disturb the person beside them and so need 2 seats - that just makes sense - but a weight tax is stupid and discriminatory. I myself am 5'10" with a large frame (and have some extra weight), but I'm not disturbing people in the seat next to me in an airplane. So why should I pay more than someone else who is skinny and 5'2"?? As long as you don't need 2 seats, the price should be the same for all.
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    RKCNDY wrote:
    Caveeze wrote:

    What I am saying is it could be treated like shipping a package. they weigh the package, they give you a price to send it to its destination baised on the wieght. Treat humans and there baggage just like that. some will pay more, some will pay less. It would be fair.

    i realize that's the idea, but I think they are trying to encourage people to be more fit, since people seem to be ezpanding.

    All I'm saying is that a person who is 5'8" and 200 lbs would pay the same amount as a body builder who is 5'5" and weighs the same amount, except one is spilling over into the other seats and crowding out their seatmates. I don't think that is all that fair. It's called 'fat tax' not 'weight tax'.

    But if airlines treated humans like packages...then would they offer 'free shipping' deals?
    FINE!
    Can we at least all agree that fatasses should have to buy two seats? :lol:
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    mca47 wrote:
    RKCNDY wrote:
    Caveeze wrote:

    What I am saying is it could be treated like shipping a package. they weigh the package, they give you a price to send it to its destination baised on the wieght. Treat humans and there baggage just like that. some will pay more, some will pay less. It would be fair.

    i realize that's the idea, but I think they are trying to encourage people to be more fit, since people seem to be ezpanding.

    All I'm saying is that a person who is 5'8" and 200 lbs would pay the same amount as a body builder who is 5'5" and weighs the same amount, except one is spilling over into the other seats and crowding out their seatmates. I don't think that is all that fair. It's called 'fat tax' not 'weight tax'.

    But if airlines treated humans like packages...then would they offer 'free shipping' deals?
    FINE!
    Can we at least all agree that fatasses should have to buy two seats? :lol:

    don't you have enough miles to upgrade to 1st class?
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,777
    mca47 wrote:
    RKCNDY wrote:
    Caveeze wrote:

    What I am saying is it could be treated like shipping a package. they weigh the package, they give you a price to send it to its destination baised on the wieght. Treat humans and there baggage just like that. some will pay more, some will pay less. It would be fair.

    i realize that's the idea, but I think they are trying to encourage people to be more fit, since people seem to be ezpanding.

    All I'm saying is that a person who is 5'8" and 200 lbs would pay the same amount as a body builder who is 5'5" and weighs the same amount, except one is spilling over into the other seats and crowding out their seatmates. I don't think that is all that fair. It's called 'fat tax' not 'weight tax'.

    But if airlines treated humans like packages...then would they offer 'free shipping' deals?
    FINE!
    Can we at least all agree that fatasses should have to buy two seats? :lol:
    People who don't fit into one should definitely have to buy two.... isn't that already what's done?? They don't just give an extra seat to those who need it do they?
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    81 wrote:

    don't you have enough miles to upgrade to 1st class?
    Depends who I'm flying. I generally fly Southwest and US Air...both have hubs in Phoenix. Southwest doesn't have first class, but they have flights on the hour to the cities I work and I love Southwest for other reasons so they are my "go to" if I can.
    US Air does have first class but flying out of a hub doesn't help when it comes to upgrades. On any flight out of Phoenix, there are going to be at least 20 people on that flight with higher status than me. It happens every once in a while...mostly on connectors in other cities.
    I have little "cred" on the other airlines.
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    People who don't fit into one should definitely have to buy two.... isn't that already what's done?? They don't just give an extra seat to those who need it do they?
    It's extremely rare. I've only witnessed it once.
    When Kevin Smith vs Southwest happened, I think most people assumed it happened often...it doesn't. Fatties are constantly squeezing in and the airlines/flight attendants/gate staff don't seem to care or want to make an issue out of it.
  • donnaruhl
    donnaruhl Posts: 2,157
    It Won't Fly!!

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