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Getbig Main Boards => Politics and Political Issues Board => Topic started by: tonymctones on March 26, 2013, 10:26:38 AM
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/25/norway-professor-base-airfare-passengers-weight/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS
A professor in Norway has proposed that airlines start charging passengers by the weight they carry — on their bodies.
Bharat P. Bhatta of the Sogn og Fjordane University College in Norway said a pay-what-you-weigh airline pricing scheme “is a universally accepted principle, not only in transportation, but also in other services.”
“As weight and space are far more important in aviation than other modes of transport, airlines should take this into account when pricing their tickets,” he told The Daily Mail.
Ian Yeoman, editor of the Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, agrees with Mr. Bhatta’s proposal, telling The Mail that “every extra kilogram means more expensive jet fuel must be burned, which leads to CO2 emissions and financial cost.”
“As the airline industry is fraught with financial difficulties, marginally profitable and has seen exponential growth in the last decade, maybe they should be looking to introduce scales at the check-in,” Mr. Yeoman added.
Mr. Bhatta told The Mail that the fare could be generated with a fixed rate for kilograms per passenger “so that a person weighing 60 kg pays half the airfare of a 120 kg person.”
HAHAHAHA I can see the liberal bleeding hearts crying now
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Michelle Obama, Rosie, Michael Moore, Fat Ed, Gore, Roseanne will be grounded indefinately if that is the case.
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I don't think I like this one. lol
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Michelle Obama, Rosie, Michael Moore, Fat Ed, Gore, Roseanne will be grounded indefinately if that is the case.
Nah, ...they're all rich. They could afford endless tickets, ...even if they weighed as much as the major of Toronto.
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Nah, ...they're all rich. They could afford endless tickets, ...even if they weighed as much as the major of Toronto.
Or Christie Cream
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I think its ridiculous.......and discriminatory against people who are overweight.......people can't help what they weigh most of the time.....
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Bodybuilders would not be able to afford to fly.
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Bodybuilders would not be able to afford to fly.
That might not be such a bad thing considering all the protein shakes you guys consume. ;)
Who the heck wants to be trapped in a confined space with nothing but re-circulated air to breathe?
Ban bodybuilders off planes! ;D
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That might not be such a bad thing considering all the protein shakes you guys consume. ;)
Who the heck wants to be trapped in a confined space with nothing but re-circulated air to breathe?
Ban bodybuilders off planes! ;D
HA!
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It won't happen. The market wont let it. I hope. :o
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It won't happen. The market wont let it. I hope. :o
Especially not with the obesity rates in this country. Be like business suicide or something.
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Especially not with the obesity rates in this country. Be like business suicide or something.
exactly it might have a chance elsewhere but not here in the US
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exactly it might have a chance elsewhere but not here in the US
we said the same thing about bag fees
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I think its ridiculous.......and discriminatory against people who are overweight.......people can't help what they weigh most of the time.....
lol
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I think its ridiculous.......and discriminatory against people who are overweight.......people can't help what they weigh most of the time.....
LMFAO!!!
How fat are you?
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This is just another step into openly treating people as nothing more than FREIGHT!
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/25/norway-professor-base-airfare-passengers-weight/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS
A professor in Norway has proposed that airlines start charging passengers by the weight they carry — on their bodies.
Bharat P. Bhatta of the Sogn og Fjordane University College in Norway said a pay-what-you-weigh airline pricing scheme “is a universally accepted principle, not only in transportation, but also in other services.”
“As weight and space are far more important in aviation than other modes of transport, airlines should take this into account when pricing their tickets,” he told The Daily Mail.
Ian Yeoman, editor of the Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, agrees with Mr. Bhatta’s proposal, telling The Mail that “every extra kilogram means more expensive jet fuel must be burned, which leads to CO2 emissions and financial cost.”
“As the airline industry is fraught with financial difficulties, marginally profitable and has seen exponential growth in the last decade, maybe they should be looking to introduce scales at the check-in,” Mr. Yeoman added.
Mr. Bhatta told The Mail that the fare could be generated with a fixed rate for kilograms per passenger “so that a person weighing 60 kg pays half the airfare of a 120 kg person.”
HAHAHAHA I can see the liberal bleeding hearts crying now
i thought this was a good and reasonable idea