Weighing passengers before they board a flight.

[malg]

On way to airport........FUCK Y'ALL.....

 

[Gelsons Dad]

Just for fun, take a guess what the average weight for a passenger and his/her carry on baggage used in the loading and performance calculations is in a) Europe and b) USA?

 

[kaz7]

The public humiliation of being weighed is not on,you can see with a look if they need 2 seats

 

[Gelsons Dad]

The public humiliation of being weighed is not on,you can see with a look if they need 2 seats

And how do you justify that to the passenger?

 

[BimboBob]

The public humiliation of being weighed is not on,you can see with a look if they need 2 seats

Tough shit. Unless medically exempt the fat bastards need to pay up.

 

[kaz7]

And how do you justify that to the passenger?

Huge people know they are huge,all they need to be told is that they have to have 2 seats and pay for them

 

[TonyM]

I'm 6'4" and convinced that plans are unsafe for anyone tall. I hate airlines for this reason. Well except Ethihad obviously.

 

[whitenoise]

And how do you justify that to the passenger?

Have a maximum weight, pax and luggage on the same scales at the same time.

And lights and bells, like when you win a jackpot in vegas, so everyone can point and laugh.

Seriously though, weight isn't the only problem. it's "broad" people who have no concept of personal space and spread out over the seats either side.

I sat next to one for three hours last month. Or rather I spent three hours squashed up against the side of the plane last month.

 

[BimboBob]

Have a maximum weight, pax and luggage on the same scales at the same time.

And lights and bells, like when you win a jackpot in vegas, so everyone can point and laugh.

Seriously though, weight isn't the only problem. it's "broad" people who have no concept of personal space and spread out over the seats either side.

I sat next to one for three hours last month. Or rather I spent three hours squashed up against the side of the plane last month.

Say something then. The amount of people who moan about this sort of thing after the event astounds me.

 

[Bill Walker]

It's worse if you live in somewhere like Australia as most flights to other countries are long haul 7 or 8 hours and if you get next to a big fat fuck it's a torturous Journey

By the way my recent cruise there were a lot of obese people, a lot of them spent all day sat in the coffee shop eating and drinking the free cakes and coffee, we went in there one day and noticed that all the sofas and chairs in there Had the life squashed out of them, they were completely wrecked I mean the cushion that you sit on made uncomfortable by these fat Whales

 

[bluethrunthru]

I've seen people who's bags are overweight taking stuff out so the airline will take their baggage. Will they wait 'till you've gone off and had a big shit before boarding lol ????

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I sat next to a fat bastard years ago. Had to sit with my elbows inside my seat whilst he sat there sweating, fat blubbering everywhere!

They should also be charged double in the 'All you can eat' restaurants. Seen many a tubby lard arse hiding in the corner eating ribs, table like an Elephants graveyard!

Haha!

 

[bluethrunthru]

On way to airport........FUCK Y'ALL.....

Put me on that and it would have the performance of a Ducati monster ha ha ha

 

[TonyM]

It's not that people are too big in many cases. It's that the space allocated per person is ridiculous.

Surely a better design could be applied to fit the same number of people in comfortably and still be safe.

I swear they are designed by vengeful midgets.

Just liek the people who design pants. I can't get feckin pants. It's like a conspiracy against 40 waist, 36 leg!!!!!

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

But what about sitting next to an ex footballer or two?

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Or one of ours?

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Or this one?

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

And last, but not least!

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Firstly, I'm not sure how anyone can argue against this, given the conflation of both physics and economics that are intrinsic to commercial powered flight.

Secondly, I wonder if it would be possible to change the configuration of commercial flying, from a passenger's point of view; from one that is seated, to one that is prostrate - without losing significant headcount. I'd much prefer to spend 2-12 hours in an enclosed pod with internet access and unlimited films than the conventional way of flying. I guess bodily functions would have to be considered, but even so I wonder if anyone's done the maths.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Or one of ours?

It always makes me chuckle that morbidly obese people somehow think a goatee acts as a realistic form of misdirection.