Should obese people pay extra for flying

[trippin_the_rift]

I am 178cm, 110kg, work out @ the gym 3 or 4 times a week, I consume less than 1500 calories per day, my intake of saturated gat is 60% of the guideline daily amount, drink 2 or less light beers per day yet cannot lose weight. I have had a Thyroid Function Test done once and everything appeared normal to the doctor.

I have lost weight in the past, but only when consuming less than 1,000 calories per day and working out 5 + times per week.

It's easy for skinny people to say its all in the mind.

Skinny people struggle too. It is just as hard for them to gain weight as it is for you to lose it, except they have no time for anything (including a job) after all the extra food they need to consume.

Nobody has any real excuses when it comes to weight.

 

[JohnK]

But you can easily 'weigh more' if you ate a huge pizza and drank three beers.

Just wanted to point out that I do not eat out in Australia. Very rare I eat 'junk food' even when I go away for the weekend. And beer consumption is down as well. But I think me going 60 days without beer July-September and putting on weight proved to me that beer was not the issue.

Muscle mass will help metabolism.if you can't walk then go to the gym a couple of days a week and do a light weight session with a trainer!

I had a personal trainer 5 days a week for 2 years!

I would love to be able to work out but severe tendonitis does not help. Golf is aggravating it even more but I am not giving that away.

 

[RyanD]

Try Raw Foodism I lost 12kg in 2 months, though I eat a lot.

 

[kiwitripper64]

What do people actually purchase when they buy a seat on an aircraft?
Do you "rent" the space between the armrests from the floor to the ceiling?
I understand that people are jammed into decreasing spaces, and generally everyone tries to get along and be a "good airway citizen". But what rights do you have if you cant access 1/3 of your seat due to overweight pax or wriggling toddler? If I buy a round of golf I would not take well to someone playing every third shot for me. ( although it couldnt hurt my score). I have heard of the occasional lawsuit in LOTF / Canada where people have sued for the fact that they did not get a full seat that they paid for, but there seems to be no long term solutions offered and the seating keeps getting tighter. And for some of the very large people, J is no use as they cannot fit in the seats and the armrests cannot go up. I like the idea of a large seat section with no extra benefits.

 

[kiwitripper64]

the perfect solution for overweight frequent flyers. A portable generator for the laptop/ipad/phone. Just place on the floor on the plane and pedal yourself to thinness. And it would give the crew something to talk about.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

What do people actually purchase when they buy a seat on an aircraft?
Do you "rent" the space between the armrests from the floor to the ceiling?
I understand that people are jammed into decreasing spaces, and generally everyone tries to get along and be a "good airway citizen". But what rights do you have if you cant access 1/3 of your seat due to overweight pax or wriggling toddler?

you buy you piece of seat based on seat pitch. The point on one seat to exactly the same point on another seat... up, down and sideways, including 'variable' space which is gained and lost by the person i front of you reclining and you being able to recline yourself.

If anyone encroaches into 'your' space, then you are not receiving the product and amenity you have paid for, and are entitled to either another seat, or a better seat, or other compensation if neither of those two options are available.

 

[Slime]

While there are some very big people in the world today who travel and airlines need to consider how they transport these people as often a normal seat is just unsuitable - maybe a few seats on each plane built to handle these big people.
I am concerned that airlines might use charging by weight as an revenue opportunity but if this were to occur the pay by weight should include both the person and their luggage

 

[mannej]

While there are some very big people in the world today who travel and airlines need to consider how they transport these people as often a normal seat is just unsuitable - maybe a few seats on each plane built to handle these big people.
I am concerned that airlines might use charging by weight as an revenue opportunity but if this were to occur the pay by weight should include both the person and their luggage

You do have Premium Economy, Business and First Class if size is an issue...

 

[11sjw]

While there are some very big people in the world today who travel and airlines need to consider how they transport these people as often a normal seat is just unsuitable - maybe a few seats on each plane built to handle these big people.
I am concerned that airlines might use charging by weight as an revenue opportunity but if this were to occur the pay by weight should include both the person and their luggage

Paying by total weight would be the way to go. Luggage allowances based on status and/or travel class tosses in a wrinkle. Perhaps an all up weight allowance should be what is used not just a luggage allowance.

 

[spudseamus]

You do have Premium Economy, Business and First Class if size is an issue...

not a problem as long as the horizontally challenged pax who is encroaching into my paid economy space is willing to pay for my upgrade ! Grin