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[–]jarret_g 9ポイント10ポイント  (13子コメント)

A local radio station posted an article saying an airline was going this. The comments were a gold mine of fat privilege. "that's discrimination". Naw that's just your genetics

[–]xhable 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'd worry about that - I bet been 6'8" I'd have to pay more while I'm still pretty thin.

[–]Wargame4life -5ポイント-4ポイント  (11子コメント)

it is discrimination, because men are generally taller than women so will always generally pay more, even if they are perfectly healthy and trim and non overweight.

you cant charge by the lb and determining exactly what is and isnt excess is complex for most average people

[–]Luckymusing 10ポイント11ポイント  (1子コメント)

Why would that matter? The whole point of a weight based fare is to pay for the relative amount of fuel/weight capacity you're using.

Food is discrimination because as a large man I have to eat more of it to survive.

[–]Wargame4life 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

because the cost of fuel is not the total cost of the service, like it or not we dont exist as sole agents. or should men and women use the road network in proportion to how much tax they pay also?

there are entire society wide infrastructures required for air travel.

[–]jarret_g 7ポイント8ポイント  (7子コメント)

sure you can. Before you board the plan they measure your height and weight. You pay based on how much over the statistical average you are. If you disagree with the number please take a seat to the side where you will undergo a body fat percentage test performed by one of our highly qualified and not creepy at all TSA agents.

[–]uouuoys 7ポイント8ポイント  (3子コメント)

They can't only charge more based on body fat. They have to charge more for muscle too. Weight is weight when it comes to fuel use, and to only charge more for fat people while ignoring a bodybuilder carrying around a ton of extra muscle weight really IS discrimination. It would be obvious that it's not about fuel costs but about punishing fat people.

[–]mastigiaMayonaise Icecream [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

As someone who is lean and roughly 20lbs over what my height would call healthy, I completely agree with this even though I would be the one paying more. This sounds like it could be adapted into a fair and useful system.

[–]PM_ME_BIGGER_BOOBS [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Isn't discrimination based on weight legal anyway? If I ever owned an airline I would just charge fat people for being fat. Non overweight people will love the space when all the fat people boycott. No need to figure out how to ethically charge overweight people. Cause you're right you have to charge body builders too. And weighing people to gauge price is kind of insane. I think it's more important to take weights in order to not over pack the plane. But yeah one day I'll buy an airline that actively discriminates fat people until they infect the government and update the bill of rights.

[–]Wargame4life 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

so everyone has to pay more to cover the admin and testing service, great one, did you design the US healthcare system too?

[–]jarret_g 15ポイント16ポイント  (1子コメント)

no but I do accept donations to the national sarcasm awareness fund

[–]Molehole -2ポイント-1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeah. I weight nearly twice as much as my girlfriend. I'm 6'3'' and 220lbs. Wouldn't really be fair.