Obesity weighing down planes.

[madden player]

ATLANTA (AP) - Heavy suitcases aren't the only things weighing down airplanes and requiring them to burn more fuel, pushing up the cost of flights. A new government study reveals that airlines increasingly have to worry more about the weight of their passengers.

http://travelcanada.sympatico.msn.ca/TravelNews/ContentPosting.aspx?contentid=4ead9123a7f24703b22aff85f5320b1b&show=True&number=5&showbyline=False&subtitle=&abc=abc

 

[redspy]

A sad state of affairs.

 

[Du]

I will soon be illegal to purchase 4-androstenediol, ephedra is illegal, but binging on McDonalds day in and day out is completley legal.

That makes sense.

 

[maniclion]

They should charge airfare just as they charge shipping pakages, by the weight and if they exceed certain dimensions charge against that as well. Or that could make it mandatory that "in the event of an emergency, the fat bastard in row 39 seats G through L will serve as a life raft until we are rescued."

 

[ALBOB]

They should charge airfare just as they charge shipping pakages, by the weight and if they exceed certain dimensions charge against that as well. Or that could make it mandatory that "in the event of an emergency, the fat bastard in row 39 seats G through L will serve as a life raft until we are rescued."

That would penalize those of us who are large but in shape also.

 

[redspy]

Lol

 

[maniclion]

I'm not trying to punish anyone, I'm being honest.