Uzbekistan Airways To Start Weighing Passengers Before Flights

[Arthur Little]

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/...-10454952.html

Good ... perhaps other airlines will follow suit.

[stevewool]

So does that mean its going to be cheaper for the thin ones

[grahamw48]

Common sense I'd have thought. Everything on a plane is weight-critical. Good business sense too. More fatties mean less cargo...and less space for slim folk like me.

[Arthur Little]

Hmm ... ... seems Air France already charges obese passengers for two seats:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...two-seats.html

[London_Manila]

So does that mean its going to be cheaper for the thin ones

Just a way of charging people more who are over weight

They should concentrate on hand luggage and enforce those rules
Hand luggage these days seems to be a small suitcase

[grahamw48]

The less likely I am to have a fat sweaty individual sitting next to me (and overflowing into my space) the better.

Want to fly ?

Lose weight...or become an Ostrich...and walk.

[Michael Parnham]

Hopefully it will encourage people to get down to a normal weight and be able to live a healthy life and live longer, also lessen the burden on the NHS

[grahamw48]

Yep...in the news today...3 million with diabetes in the UK now. Mostly through being OBESE.

The NHS shouldn't have to to be wasting money on idle gluttons, who would otherwise have been healthy.

If I can give up smoking (including on the plane), then they can stop stuffing their faces.

[Doc Alan]

Yep...in the news today...3 million with diabetes in the UK now. Mostly through being OBESE.

The NHS shouldn't have to to be wasting money on idle gluttons, who would otherwise have been healthy.

If I can give up smoking (including on the plane), then they can stop stuffing their faces.

You have a point, Graham, but not everyone is as intelligent and self-disciplined as you .

See http://filipinaroses.com/showthread....524#post549524