Overweight passengers put airlines in fuel crunch

[Sluggo]

Wow

The report said Americans gained an average of 10 pounds per person during the 1990s and that the extra weight required airlines to used an additional 350 million gallons of jet fuel every year. At the current price of jet fuel this translates to an additional yearly cost of $448 million.

Link to opinion article

Link to CDC report

 

[TitanDiddly]

That number would seem to be huge, but consider how many people are flying how many times and it's less so.

 

[PoPPeR]

so start pricing airline tickets by weight. I wouldn't mind that at all

 

[Sluggo]

Originally posted by: PoPPeR
so start pricing airline tickets by weight. I wouldn't mind that at all

So I guess you tip the scales at about 125?

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: PoPPeR
so start pricing airline tickets by weight. I wouldn't mind that at all

That's an excellet idea. A "Fat" charge

 

[gistech1978]

so when is the government going to subsidize the airlines?

oh wait...

 

[Night201]

AMEN!!!

 

[Chompman]

Originally posted by: PoPPeR
so start pricing airline tickets by weight. I wouldn't mind that at all

Or have the fatties pedal on some bikes to use it as a form of power for the planes

 

[lobadobadingdong]

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: PoPPeR
so start pricing airline tickets by weight. I wouldn't mind that at all

That's an excellet idea. A "Fat" charge

hehe, that explains the small seats, so fatties either won't fly, or use first class (which costs more)

 

[PoPPeR]

Originally posted by: Sluggo

Originally posted by: PoPPeR
so start pricing airline tickets by weight. I wouldn't mind that at all

So I guess you tip the scales at about 125?

psh... 130 biatch

 

[TitanDiddly]

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: PoPPeR
so start pricing airline tickets by weight. I wouldn't mind that at all

That's an excellet idea. A "Fat" charge

What about the tall and heavy? I'm fat, sure, but only as fat at the 4' lady over there who's wider than tall.

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: PoPPeR
so start pricing airline tickets by weight. I wouldn't mind that at all

That's an excellet idea. A "Fat" charge

What about the tall and heavy? I'm fat, sure, but only as fat at the 4' lady over there who's wider than tall.

weight is weight, i guess.

sort of sucks, since I'm 140 right now but trying to push it to about 170 or so, maybe more.

 

[rh71]

charge more.. that's more incentive for people to lose weight.

 

Originally posted by: rh71
charge more.. that's more incentive for people to lose weight.

:thumbsup:

 

[cyclistca]

Originally posted by: Chompman

Originally posted by: PoPPeR
so start pricing airline tickets by weight. I wouldn't mind that at all

Or have the fatties pedal on some bikes to use it as a form of power for the planes

Yeah great idea until they drop dead due to being so over weight and out of shape. Then down you go.................................................

 

[IHYLN]

do you really want the fat slob next to you to wear speedos just so he could take his 5lb worth of clothes off to save 50 bucks?! NO!!!!

 

[SuperTool]

It's always the American people's fault.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: PoPPeR
so start pricing airline tickets by weight. I wouldn't mind that at all

That's an excellet idea. A "Fat" charge

hehe, that explains the small seats, so fatties either won't fly, or use first class (which costs more)

Works great in principle, until you get stuck next to the 400 pound whale who was too cheap to buy a real seat, and then proceeds to complain about it the whole time.

LOL, reminds me of this one time in Chemistry class at my old high school. The fattest girl in the school decides to be smart, raises her hand and says "Can you give me a scientific explanation for why these seats are too small?"
*silence*

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: SuperTool
It's always the American people's fault.

when they open more fast foods around the rest of the world (like 2 every other corner), then we can start shifting the blame. Until then, it's all on us. Not to mention half of us would rather sit on the couch, beer in hand, and watch tv all weekend.

 

[SuperTool]

An empty seat loses a lot more money than one with a fat person in it. Beggers can't be choosers, and US airlines are in or on the brink of bankruptcy.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: PoPPeR
so start pricing airline tickets by weight. I wouldn't mind that at all

That's an excellet idea. A "Fat" charge

hehe, that explains the small seats, so fatties either won't fly, or use first class (which costs more)

Works great in principle, until you get stuck next to the 400 pound whale who was too cheap to buy a real seat, and then proceeds to complain about it the whole time.

LOL, reminds me of this one time in Chemistry class at my old high school. The fattest girl in the school decides to be smart, raises her hand and says "Can you give me a scientific explanation for why these seats are too small?"
*silence*

"Because your ass is fat."

 

[BustaBust]

I lost weight....wheres my mf'in discount????

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: SuperTool
It's always the American people's fault.

when they open more fast foods around the rest of the world (like 2 every other corner), then we can start shifting the blame. Until then, it's all on us. Not to mention half of us would rather sit on the couch, beer in hand, and watch tv all weekend.

Fast food has been in the US since the 60s. The obesity epidemic did not start until the late 80s.

This is a lifestyle problem, not a food problem.

Oh, and much of Europe is in the middle of their own obesity epidemics and will quickly catch up to the US if their rates continue to rise as they have.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: SuperTool
It's always the American people's fault.

when they open more fast foods around the rest of the world (like 2 every other corner), then we can start shifting the blame. Until then, it's all on us. Not to mention half of us would rather sit on the couch, beer in hand, and watch tv all weekend.

Fast food has been in the US since the 60s. The obesity epidemic did not start until the late 80s.

This is a lifestyle problem, not a food problem.

Oh, and much of Europe is in the middle of their own obesity epidemics and will quickly catch up to the US if their rates continue to rise as they have.

I did argue about the lifestyle problem in a previous obesity thread. I was contending that there are more and more working couples and less "housewives" to have the time to cook a healthy dinner for their family. So you have more take-out/fast-food consumption.

I can't argue for the exercising vs. sitting on the couch deal over time... no real reason why that would change.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: SuperTool
It's always the American people's fault.

when they open more fast foods around the rest of the world (like 2 every other corner), then we can start shifting the blame. Until then, it's all on us. Not to mention half of us would rather sit on the couch, beer in hand, and watch tv all weekend.

Fast food has been in the US since the 60s. The obesity epidemic did not start until the late 80s.

This is a lifestyle problem, not a food problem.

Oh, and much of Europe is in the middle of their own obesity epidemics and will quickly catch up to the US if their rates continue to rise as they have.

I did argue about the lifestyle problem in a previous obesity thread. I was contending that there are more and more working couples and less "housewives" to have the time to cook a healthy dinner for their family. So you have more take-out/fast-food consumption.

I can't argue for the exercising vs. sitting on the couch deal over time... no real reason why that would change.

Most fast food is just as fatty and high calorie as the fried/broiled/grilled/potlucked dinners most mothers made all the way up to when the low fat craze started in the very late 70s and beyond.

The problem isn't food, it's lifestyle and what people DO with food. We sit on couches watching 500 channels, or playing video games, or surfing the net. These activities not only burn far fewer calories...

...they lead to munching.

I never get the munchies when I'm active. But sit me in front of a TV or computer and I'm instantly wanting to shove food in my mouth.

And what do we munch? Ultra high GI carb foods like chips, crackers and baked goods. High energy foods that are NEVER burned while we sit on our asses doing nothing when 25 years ago, we would be doing more physically active stuff and NOT MUNCHING.